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RAF Culmhead (Scheduled Monument)

24 ha

📷 Mike Searle · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

BirdsHeritageWildlife
Public accessDogs welcome24 ha

Getting here

50.92642, -3.13421

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦18+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Raven
  • ✦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

  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Pheasant, Raven, Nuthatch +15 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Heritage

Historic site with public access

Free

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Birds — Pheasant, Raven, Nuthatch +15 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Green-veined White +34 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Hogweed, Daisy, Cow Parsley +291 more · last seen 2016

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Channel to ChannelWalking route
Named routeRef CCRegional walking route
Staple Fitzpaine HerepathWalking route
Named routeRef SFHLocal walking route
East Deane WayWalking route
Named routeRef EDWRegional walking route
Herepath Trail - Blagdon HillWalking route
Named routeRef HTbLocal walking route
Herepath Trail - OtterfordWalking route
Named routeRef HToLocal walking route
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Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths
Trickey Warren Lanebridleway · 794 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 794 mSurface concretePath type: service
Trickey Warren Lanebridleway · 132 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 132 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Trickey Warren Lanebridleway · 902 m

Semi-paved track - surface badly worn and broken up in many places with uneveness and potholes.

Public pathbridlewayLength 902 mSurface asphaltPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

RAF Culmhead (aka RAF Church Stanton): a tour of a WW2 airfield - Fighter Pen 228 (21)

📷 Mike Searle · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

RAF Culmhead (aka RAF Church Stanton): a tour of a WW2 airfield - Fighter Pen 228 (21)

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🦉OTTERHEAD LAKESNature reserve2.3 km→✦World War II fighter pens and other airfield remains and defences of the former airfield of RAF Culmhead, at Trickey Warren FarmHistoric site0 m→✦Site of Otterhead HouseHistoric site2.2 km→✦Robin Hood's ButtsHistoric site2.6 km→✦Robin Hood's ButtsHistoric site2.6 km→✦Round barrow cemetery 100m south of School FarmHistoric site2.6 km→