← Back⛪ Religious grounds

Newhall Methodist Church

📷 Paul Gilliver · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

WildlifePicnicBirds

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

52.78408, -1.57315

Open directionsv

Google Maps↗Driving directions Apple Maps↗Driving directions Waze↗Live driving navigation Google Transit↗Bus, rail or tram Apple Transit↗Bus, rail or tram

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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground 177m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground 177m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· FreePicnic spotPlayground

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

picnic area, car park

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Black-headed Gull +45 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Black-headed Gull +45 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Herb-Robert, Ivy, Lesser Celandine +121 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Herb-Robert, Ivy, Lesser Celandine +121 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, picnic area

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km

Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Ivanhoe WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

National Forest WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

99 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 63Cycling route

Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network

Route 54Cycling route

Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network

Conkers CircuitCycling route

Named routeRef Conkers CircuitRound tripLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route28 m

Named routeRef 63Length 28 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route379 m

Named routeRef 54Length 379 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route96 m

Named routeLength 96 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Shell Brook TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRef Shell Brook TrailRound tripLocal cycle route

Family Forest Trail (Yellow)Mountain bike route

Named routeRef Family Forest TrailRound trip

Wildlife to spot

21,459 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

21,459 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants132 species

winterspring

2026

Festuca rubra · White Clover · Pendulous Sedge · Broad-leaved Dock · Sticky Mouse-ear +127

Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
White CloverTrifolium repens
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
DandelionTaraxacum
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Curled DockRumex crispus
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
DaisyBellis perennis
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Common ChickweedStellaria media
HazelCorylus avellana
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Silver BirchBetula pendula
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
CleaversGalium aparine
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
BroomCytisus scoparius
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
WeldReseda luteola
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
NipplewortLapsana communis
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
HollyIlex aquifolium
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
Parsley-piertAphanes arvensis
Hyacinthoides hispanicaHyacinthoides hispanica
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
LaurustinusViburnum tinus
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Winter JasmineJasminum nudiflorum
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Stellaria mediaStellaria media
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum
Box-leaved HoneysuckleLonicera pileata
GorseUlex europaeus
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica
IvyHedera helix
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
ElderSambucus nigra
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Common VetchVicia sativa
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
AshFraxinus excelsior
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Rumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensisRumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensis
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Narrow-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus sylvestris
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
daffodilsNarcissus
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata
Common CouchElymus repens

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

21,459 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants132 species

winterspring

2026

Festuca rubra · White Clover · Pendulous Sedge · Broad-leaved Dock · Sticky Mouse-ear +127

Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
White CloverTrifolium repens
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
DandelionTaraxacum
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Curled DockRumex crispus
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
DaisyBellis perennis
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Common ChickweedStellaria media
HazelCorylus avellana
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Silver BirchBetula pendula
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
CleaversGalium aparine
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
BroomCytisus scoparius
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
WeldReseda luteola
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
NipplewortLapsana communis
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
HollyIlex aquifolium
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
Parsley-piertAphanes arvensis
Hyacinthoides hispanicaHyacinthoides hispanica
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
LaurustinusViburnum tinus
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Winter JasmineJasminum nudiflorum
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Stellaria mediaStellaria media
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum
Box-leaved HoneysuckleLonicera pileata
GorseUlex europaeus
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica
IvyHedera helix
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
ElderSambucus nigra
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Common VetchVicia sativa
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
AshFraxinus excelsior
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Rumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensisRumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensis
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Narrow-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus sylvestris
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
daffodilsNarcissus
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata
Common CouchElymus repens