Offa's Dyke: section NW of Holme Marsh extending 615yds (560m) to the railway
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.18923, -2.97407
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Chaffinch +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Rabbit, Hedgehog, Brown Hare +19 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Orange-tip, Red Admiral +128 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Lords-and-Ladies, Woodruff +72 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Offa's Dyke PathWalking route285 km▾
Named routeRef ODPLength 285 kmNational walking route
Mortimer TrailWalking route48 km▾
Named routeLength 48 kmRegional walking route
Herefordshire TrailWalking route246.5 km▾
Named routeLength 246.5 kmRegional walking route
Lyonshall Footpathpublic footpath · 2.1 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 2.1 kmSurface grassPath type: footway
Holme Marsh Footpath (2021 diversion)public footpath · 175 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 175 mSurface groundPath type: footway
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Wales & border)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Radnor RingCycling route▾
Named routeRef 825National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 825Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 825Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route535 m▾
Named routeRef 825Length 535 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,248 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,248 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHobby · Pheasant · Jackdaw · Dunnock · Blackcap +31
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
🦌Mammals12 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit +7
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
🐝Insects17 species
springsummer
2026▾
Helophilus pendulus · Orange Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Metoecus paradoxus +12
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
- Metoecus paradoxusMetoecus paradoxus2025
Perennial Sow-thistle · Herb-Robert · Woodruff · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum var. montanum · Holly +22
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023
- WoodruffGalium odoratum2023
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum var. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum var. montanum2023
- HollyIlex aquifolium2023
- Ivy
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,248 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHobby · Pheasant · Jackdaw · Dunnock · Blackcap +31
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
🦌Mammals12 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit +7
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
🐝Insects17 species
springsummer
2026▾
Helophilus pendulus · Orange Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Metoecus paradoxus +12
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
- Metoecus paradoxusMetoecus paradoxus2025
Perennial Sow-thistle · Herb-Robert · Woodruff · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum var. montanum · Holly +22
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023
- WoodruffGalium odoratum2023
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum var. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum var. montanum2023
- HollyIlex aquifolium2023
- Ivy
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Polecat
Polecat
Mustela putorius2024
Mustela putorius2024
MoleTalpa europaea2024MoleTalpa europaea2024Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024Water ShrewNeomys fodiens2024Water ShrewNeomys fodiens2024Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2023Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2023NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023Red-legged Shieldbug
Red-legged Shieldbug
Pentatoma rufipes2025
Pentatoma rufipes2025
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2025Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Allygus mixtusAllygus mixtus2024Allygus mixtusAllygus mixtus2024Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2024Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2024Marsham's Nomad BeeNomada marshamella2024Marsham's Nomad BeeNomada marshamella2024Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2023Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2023Pogonocherus hispidulusPogonocherus hispidulus2023Pogonocherus hispidulusPogonocherus hispidulus2023Hedera helix2023
Hedera helix2023
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2023Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2023RowanSorbus aucuparia2023RowanSorbus aucuparia2023Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2023Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2023AlderAlnus glutinosa2023AlderAlnus glutinosa2023Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2023Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2023Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2023Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2023Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2023Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2023Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2023Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2023Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2023Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2023Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2023Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023HazelCorylus avellana2023HazelCorylus avellana2023Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2023Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2023Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2023Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2023Buckler-FernDryopteris affinis subsp. affinis2023Buckler-FernDryopteris affinis subsp. affinis2023Remote SedgeCarex remota2023Remote SedgeCarex remota2023Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2023Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2023Hybrid OakQuercus petraea x robur = Q. x rosacea2023Hybrid OakQuercus petraea x robur = Q. x rosacea2023BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2023BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2023PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2023PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2023Events & activities nearby
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