Roman Catholic Church of St Wilfrid
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🎠Play🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.86047, 0.25565
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Herring Gull
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 107m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Herring Gull
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 107m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Canada Goose, Herring Gull, Mallard +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets
Free
Birds — Canada Goose, Herring Gull, Mallard +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Azure Damselfly, Broad-bodied Chaser +49 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Lords-and-Ladies, Holly, Ivy +130 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Vanguard WayWalking route111 km▾
Named routeRef VGWLength 111 kmRegional walking route
Alfriston Clergy House to The Long Man of Wilmington, AlfristonWalking route6.9 km▾
Named routeLength 6.9 kmDuration 02:00Round tripLocal walking route
WealdwayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1066 Country Walk - South Downs LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef 1006LRegional walking route
1066 Country WalkWalking route50 km▾
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
45 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Avenue Verte London ↔ ParisCycling route▾
English part of Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris, an international cycle route that connects the two capital cities
Named routeRef AVInternational cycle route
Stone Cross to Seafront Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeProposed Lcn
Route 21Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 21National Cycle Network
The Cuckoo TrailCycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Hastings to BrightonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route281 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 281 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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St Wilfred's Church, Hailsham
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Wildlife to spot
19,291 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,291 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCanada Goose · Mallard · Herring Gull · Moorhen · Green Woodpecker +22
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Long-eared Bat · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Badger · Soprano Pipistrelle +1
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
- Yellow-necked MouseApodemus flavicollis
Grass Snake · Pond Terrapin · Slow-worm
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024
🐸Amphibians4 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024
- Common FrogRana temporaria2024
Large Red Damselfly · Eristalis pertinax · Syritta pipiens · Long-winged Cone-head · Dock Bug +25
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Hairy Dragonfly
Lords-and-Ladies · Holly · Shepherd's-purse · Ivy · Primrose +32
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- IvyHedera helix2025
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,291 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCanada Goose · Mallard · Herring Gull · Moorhen · Green Woodpecker +22
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Long-eared Bat · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Badger · Soprano Pipistrelle +1
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
- Yellow-necked MouseApodemus flavicollis
Grass Snake · Pond Terrapin · Slow-worm
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024
🐸Amphibians4 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024
- Common FrogRana temporaria2024
Large Red Damselfly · Eristalis pertinax · Syritta pipiens · Long-winged Cone-head · Dock Bug +25
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Hairy Dragonfly
Lords-and-Ladies · Holly · Shepherd's-purse · Ivy · Primrose +32
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- IvyHedera helix2025
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Brachytron pratense
Brachytron pratense
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024Variable DamselflyCoenagrion pulchellum2024Variable DamselflyCoenagrion pulchellum2024Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriNorfolk AeshnaAeshna isocelesNorfolk AeshnaAeshna isocelesMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusCommon DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2024Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2024Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024Lesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaStinking IrisIris foetidissimaStinking IrisIris foetidissimaCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2025Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2025GorseUlex europaeus2025GorseUlex europaeus2025Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2025Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025Stone ParsleySison amomum2025Stone ParsleySison amomum2025Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025KnapweedCentaurea2025KnapweedCentaurea2025Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2025Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025OakQuercus2025OakQuercus2025Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025RoseRosa2025RoseRosa2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024SpindleEuonymus europaeus2024SpindleEuonymus europaeus2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024AshFraxinus excelsior2024AshFraxinus excelsior2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024DandelionTaraxacum2024DandelionTaraxacum2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024