Minchinhampton Baptist Church
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.70382, -2.18553
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café⛺Campsite🅿️Parking· Free🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Robin, Magpie +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Swift, Robin, Magpie +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Carder Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +134 more · last seen 2025
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Mercian Way
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Wysis WayWalking route88.5 km▾
Long distance footpath forming a link between the Thames and the Wye
Named routeRef WYSLength 88.5 kmRegional walking route
Walk Around Stroud (The WAS Way)Walking route▾
Named routeRef WASRound tripLocal walking route
Woodchester Blue TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wheelchair Accessible (Thames & Severn Way)Walking route▾
Wheelchair accessible towpath diversion around steps at Bowbridge Lock, officially signposted
Named routeRef (T&S W)Point-to-pointRegional walking route
45 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Mercian Way (Stroud branch)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef (45)National Cycle Network
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route817 m▾
Named routeRef 45Length 817 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Minchinhampton Baptist Church
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Wildlife to spot
21,702 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,702 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Kestrel · Magpie +43
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Large Scabious Mining Bee · Rufous Grasshopper · Dark Bush-cricket · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter +32
- Large Scabious Mining BeeAndrena hattorfiana
- Rufous GrasshopperGomphocerippus rufus
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima
- Squamapion atomarium
Wood Millet · Wood-sedge · Male-fern · Sanicle · Dewberry +4
- Wood MilletMilium effusum
- Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
- SanicleSanicula europaea
- DewberryRubus caesius
- Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris
- Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,702 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Kestrel · Magpie +43
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Large Scabious Mining Bee · Rufous Grasshopper · Dark Bush-cricket · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter +32
- Large Scabious Mining BeeAndrena hattorfiana
- Rufous GrasshopperGomphocerippus rufus
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima
- Squamapion atomarium
Wood Millet · Wood-sedge · Male-fern · Sanicle · Dewberry +4
- Wood MilletMilium effusum
- Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
- SanicleSanicula europaea
- DewberryRubus caesius
- Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris
- Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Squamapion atomarium
Squamapion atomarium
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiKelisia guttulaKelisia guttula2024Kelisia guttulaKelisia guttula2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerCalocoris (Calocoris) roseomaculatusCalocoris (Calocoris) roseomaculatusCalocoris (Calocoris) roseomaculatusCalocoris (Calocoris) roseomaculatusCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaRhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricumRhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricumWelsh ChaferHoplia philanthusWelsh ChaferHoplia philanthusGarden ChaferPhyllopertha horticolaGarden ChaferPhyllopertha horticolaRose ChaferCetonia aurataRose ChaferCetonia aurataCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxIschnopterapion lotiIschnopterapion loti2024Ischnopterapion lotiIschnopterapion loti2024Eupteryx notataEupteryx notata2024Eupteryx notataEupteryx notata2024Holotrichapion ononisHolotrichapion ononis2024Holotrichapion ononisHolotrichapion ononis2024Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2024Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachianaEarly Dog-violetViola reichenbachianaSmall ScabiousScabiosa columbariaSmall ScabiousScabiosa columbaria