Orcheston Down Romano-British landscape 243 ha
Plan your visit
🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife✦ Heritage
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 243 ha
Getting here
51.23196, -1.90181
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.
Archaeological site scheduled monument
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Stonechat and Magpie ✦ 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
🐦 66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Stonechat and Magpie ✦ 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 — Stonechat, Magpie, Meadow Pipit +63 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Stonechat, Magpie, Meadow Pipit +63 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Western Honey Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee, Brown-banded Carder Bee +25 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Dilated Scalewort, Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Yellow Feather-moss +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Sarsen Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map White Horse Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref WHT Regional walking route
Show on map Imber Range Perimeter Path Walking route ▾
Named route Ref IRPP Local walking route
Show on map Wessex Ridgeway Walking route ▾
Named route Ref WR Regional walking route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
King Alfred's Way Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Wessex Ridgeway Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Listed length 207km
Show on map 11 public paths nearby
Public paths
Southern Transit byway open to all traffic · 2.3 km ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 2.3 km Surface gravel Path type: track
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Wildlife to spot
2,250 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,250 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Carrion Crow · Robin · Jay · Starling +28
Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Robin Erithacus rubecula Jay Garrulus glandarius Starling Sturnus vulgaris Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris House Martin Delichon urbicum Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Swallow Hirundo rustica Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Whinchat Saxicola rubetra Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Blackbird Turdus merula Skylark Alauda arvensis Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Great Tit Parus major Barn Owl Tyto alba Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Badger · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox +2
Badger Meles meles Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2025 Brown Rat Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Western Bee-fly
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis Western Bee-fly Bombylius canescens Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Silky Wall Feather-moss · Dilated Scalewort · Forked Veilwort · Wood Bristle-moss +35
Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians Green Yoke-moss Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,250 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Carrion Crow · Robin · Jay · Starling +28
Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Robin Erithacus rubecula Jay Garrulus glandarius Starling Sturnus vulgaris Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris House Martin Delichon urbicum Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Swallow Hirundo rustica Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Whinchat Saxicola rubetra Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Blackbird Turdus merula Skylark Alauda arvensis Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Great Tit Parus major Barn Owl Tyto alba Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Badger · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox +2
Badger Meles meles Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2025 Brown Rat Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Western Bee-fly
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis Western Bee-fly Bombylius canescens Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Silky Wall Feather-moss · Dilated Scalewort · Forked Veilwort · Wood Bristle-moss +35
Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians Green Yoke-moss Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rattus norvegicus2025
Rattus norvegicus2025
Zygodon viridissimus
Zygodon viridissimus
Bird's-claw Beard-moss Barbula unguiculata
Bird's-claw Beard-moss Barbula unguiculata
Yellow Feather-moss Homalothecium lutescens
Yellow Feather-moss Homalothecium lutescens
Creeping Feather-moss Amblystegium serpens
Creeping Feather-moss Amblystegium serpens
Thickpoint Grimmia Schistidium crassipilum
Thickpoint Grimmia Schistidium crassipilum
Minute Pouncewort Myriocoleopsis minutissima
Minute Pouncewort Myriocoleopsis minutissima
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga
Lateral Cryphaea Cryphaea heteromalla
Lateral Cryphaea Cryphaea heteromalla
Slender Mouse-tail Moss Isothecium myosuroides2024
Slender Mouse-tail Moss Isothecium myosuroides2024
Dicranella howei Dicranella howei2024
Dicranella howei Dicranella howei2024
Red Beard-moss Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
Red Beard-moss Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
Small Hairy Screw-moss Syntrichia laevipila
Small Hairy Screw-moss Syntrichia laevipila
Silver-moss Bryum argenteum
Silver-moss Bryum argenteum
Clustered Feather-moss Rhynchostegium confertum
Clustered Feather-moss Rhynchostegium confertum
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata
Beech Feather-moss Cirriphyllum crassinervium
Beech Feather-moss Cirriphyllum crassinervium
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis
Sand-hill Screw-moss Syntrichia ruraliformis
Sand-hill Screw-moss Syntrichia ruraliformis
Perthshire Beard-moss Didymodon rigidulus
Perthshire Beard-moss Didymodon rigidulus
Green Hound's-tongue Cynoglossum germanicum
Green Hound's-tongue Cynoglossum germanicum
Supine Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2024
Supine Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2024
Common Pocket-moss Fissidens taxifolius2024
Common Pocket-moss Fissidens taxifolius2024
Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum2024
Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum2024
Microbryum davallianum var. conicum Microbryum davallianum var. conicum2024
Microbryum davallianum var. conicum Microbryum davallianum var. conicum2024
Common Striated Feather-moss Eurhynchium striatum2024
Common Striated Feather-moss Eurhynchium striatum2024
Fallacious Beard-moss Didymodon fallax2024
Fallacious Beard-moss Didymodon fallax2024
Pink-fruited Thread-moss Pohlia melanodon2024
Pink-fruited Thread-moss Pohlia melanodon2024
Appleyard's Feather-moss Scleropodium cespitans2024
Appleyard's Feather-moss Scleropodium cespitans2024
Spreading Earth-moss Physcomitrium patens2024
Spreading Earth-moss Physcomitrium patens2024
Bifid Crestwort Lophocolea bidentata2024
Bifid Crestwort Lophocolea bidentata2024
Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata2024
Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata2024
Intermediate Screw-moss Syntrichia montana2024
Intermediate Screw-moss Syntrichia montana2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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