Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
52.22889, -3.99293
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦40+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl 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
- 🐦40+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl 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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tawny Owl, Blackbird, Jay +37 more · last seen 2023
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Tawny Owl, Blackbird, Jay +37 more · last seen 2023
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Glow-worm, Chestnut, November Moth agg. +47 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bird's-claw Beard-moss, Fissidens bryoides var. bryoides, Common Tamarisk-moss +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network National Route 82Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 82National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route212 m▾
Named routeRef 82Length 212 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route663 m▾
Named routeRef 82Length 663 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route51 m▾
Named routeRef 82Length 51 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route484 m▾
Named routeRef 82Length 484 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 82Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
788 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
788 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRedstart
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Glow-worm · Golden-ringed Dragonfly
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2022
Nicholson's Beard-moss · Bird's-claw Beard-moss · Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme · Supine Plait-moss · Fissidens bryoides var. bryoides +37
- Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii2021
- Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata
- Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2021
- Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2021
- Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoides2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
788 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRedstart
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Glow-worm · Golden-ringed Dragonfly
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2022
Nicholson's Beard-moss · Bird's-claw Beard-moss · Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme · Supine Plait-moss · Fissidens bryoides var. bryoides +37
- Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii2021
- Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata
- Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2021
- Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2021
- Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoides2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
