🌞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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ 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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking
Best for
5 activities
🦅
Bird watching
Very strong match
Mudflats — internationally important for wading birds and wildfowl; Birds — Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Herring Gull +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Mudflats priority habitat; Birds — Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Herring Gull +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂
Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Big Shaggy-moss, Common Smoothcap +39 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Big Shaggy-moss, Common Smoothcap +39 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦
Heritage
Strong match
Historic site
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Platycheirus albimanus, Dotted Bee-fly +9 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Platycheirus albimanus, Dotted Bee-fly +9 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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19 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km▾
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route
Samaritans Way South WestWalking route166 km▾
Named routeLength 166 kmRegional walking route
Watercatch Walk, TyntesfieldWalking route1.6 km▾
This circular walk is full of historical and natural interest. Watercatch walk takes you past an old single avenue of monkey puzzle trees, a summerhouse, Watercatch and old Second World War remains, before descending into a wooded combe and back along the
Named routeLength 1.6 kmDuration 00:30Round tripLocal walking route
