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Prehistoric circular earthworks

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📷 Wikipedia · Memot Circular Earthworks · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Free entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

52.38483, -1.33038

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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
  • 🐕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

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Starling, Woodpigeon, Mute Swan +84 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Starling, Woodpigeon, Mute Swan +84 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Common Darter, Ruddy Darter, Migrant Hawker +19 more · last seen 2021; Insects — Common Darter, Ruddy Darter, Migrant Hawker +19 more · last seen 2021

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

20 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Centenary WayWalking route
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
A Coventry WayWalking route
Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route
Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km

From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury

Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional walking route
ACW Circular Walk 08Walking route
Named routeRef C08Listed length 16 kmLocal walking route
Church Roadpublic footpath · 7 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 7 mPath type: footway
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Cycling

28 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Viaduct CyclewayCycling route

Ways signed by route signs as part of the Viaduct Cycleway

Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 53Cycling route
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route214 m
Named routeLength 214 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2 km
Named routeRef 41Length 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route710 m
Named routeRef 41Length 710 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Ryton Pools Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route
Named routeRound trip
Coombe Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route
Named routeRound trip

Wildlife to spot

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