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Old Ironworks

📷 Sandy Gerrard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

51.81213, -3.11993

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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
🛝Playground on site — 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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Robin +65 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Robin +65 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Southern Hawker · last seen 2025; Insects — Southern Hawker · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Cambrian WayWalking route

Named routeNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

74 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 46Cycling route

Named routeRef 46National Cycle Network

Cycle across the BeaconsCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Route 492Cycling route

Named routeRef 492National Cycle Network

Route 49Cycling route

Named routeRef 49National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 465Cycling route

Named routeRef 465National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 46 LinkCycling route

National Cycle Network link route to NCN 46

Named routeRef (46)Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

23,292 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

23,292 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds45 species

autumnwinter

2026

Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Robin · Fieldfare · Magpie +40

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Barn OwlTyto alba
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025

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Mammals2 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

23,292 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds45 species

autumnwinter

2026

Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Robin · Fieldfare · Magpie +40

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Barn OwlTyto alba
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Sandy Gerrard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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