Roman villa 1000yds (910m) NE of Ashwell village
12 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
52.04920, -0.14014
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Corn Bunting and Yellow Wagtail
- ✦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
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Corn Bunting and Yellow Wagtail
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Corn Bunting, Yellow Wagtail, Pied Wagtail +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Corn Bunting, Yellow Wagtail, Pied Wagtail +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Gatekeeper +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Even Scalewort, Greater Plantain, White Dead-nettle +82 more · last seen 2023
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Kingfisher WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Garden City 15Walking route▾
Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km▾
Long distance path
Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route
Hertfordshire Chain WalkWalking route▾
Not waymarked
Named routeRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Ashwell Streetbyway open to all traffic · 517 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 517 mPath type: track
Ashwell Streetbyway open to all traffic · 128 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 128 mPath type: service
Ashwell Streetbyway open to all traffic · 531 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 531 mIncline 0%Path type: track
Ashwell Streetbyway open to all traffic · 213 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 213 mPath type: service
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Field by Ashwell Road north of Ashwell
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Wildlife to spot
8,328 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,328 records · National Biodiversity NetworkYellow Wagtail · Pied Wagtail · Corn Bunting · Woodpigeon · Reed Bunting +43
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
Leisler's Bat
- Leisler's BatNyctalus leisleri
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Red-legged Shieldbug · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Hornet Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly +4
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,328 records · National Biodiversity NetworkYellow Wagtail · Pied Wagtail · Corn Bunting · Woodpigeon · Reed Bunting +43
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
Leisler's Bat
- Leisler's BatNyctalus leisleri
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Red-legged Shieldbug · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Hornet Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly +4
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas