Moated site 725m north east of Mount Pleasant Farm 2 ha
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Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
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51.44619, -2.49312
Open directionsv ✦ Scheduled Ancient Monument — Nationally protected archaeological site on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). Scheduled monuments represent the best surviving examples of England's irreplaceable archaeological heritage.
Moated site scheduled monument
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Asda Café — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Asda Café — a good base for a longer summer day out £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Shieldbug, Azure Damselfly, Southern Hawker +90 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Green Shieldbug, Azure Damselfly, Southern Hawker +90 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Raspberry, Great Scented Liverwort, Crescent-cup Liverwort +1 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Raspberry, Great Scented Liverwort, Crescent-cup Liverwort +1 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Monarch's Way Walking route 990 km ▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named route Ref MW Length 990 km Regional walking route
Show on map Cotswold Way Walking route 164 km ▾
Named route Ref CW Length 164 km National walking route
Show on map The Dramway Walking route 15 km ▾
The route of a 19th century tramway that carried coal from Coalpit Heath down to the River Avon
Named route Length 15 km Local walking route
Show on map Community Forest Path Walking route 72 km ▾
Named route Ref CFP Length 72 km Local walking route
Show on map Kennet and Avon Canal Trail Walking route 140 km ▾
Rivers linked by a canal. The name refers to the entire navigable length. From Bristol the way is the Avon. The canal is from Bath to Newbury. From there to Reading the way is the Kennet. 53 locks to Summit Pound (150 m asl) and 54 down to Reading.
Named route Ref K&A Length 140 km Regional walking route
Show on map 183 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Avon Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Avon Wiltshire Cycle Link Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Bristol & Bath Railway Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref B&BRP Local cycle route
Show on map Whitchurch Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 3 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 3 Cycling route 527.7 km ▾
Named route Ref 3 Length 527.7 km National Cycle Network
Show on map EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV1 International cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
33,416 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 33,416 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +36
Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Periparus ater britannicus Periparus ater britannicus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 22 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Lesser Stag Beetle · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Varied Carpet Beetle · Spotted-winged Drosophila · Dock Bug +17
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025 Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Raspberry
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 33,416 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +36
Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Periparus ater britannicus Periparus ater britannicus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 22 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Lesser Stag Beetle · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Varied Carpet Beetle · Spotted-winged Drosophila · Dock Bug +17
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025 Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Raspberry
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus2025
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum2025
Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2025
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025 