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Round barrow 555m south-south-west of Turnpike Farm, West Littleton Down

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📷 Dr Duncan Pepper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome0 ha

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51.49127, -2.33289

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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

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞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

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Skylark, Carrion Crow +62 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Skylark, Carrion Crow +62 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Southern Hawker, Eristalis tenax, Helophilus pendulus +2 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Southern Hawker, Eristalis tenax, Helophilus pendulus +2 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route

Frome Valley WalkwayWalking route29 km

Named routeRef FVWLength 29 kmLocal walking route

Jubilee Way (South Gloucestershire)Walking route27 km

Named routeRef JWSGLength 27 kmLocal walking route

The terraces walk at Dyrham Park, Dyrham ParkWalking route4 km

This circular route takes you through open parkland, tranquil woodland terraces and the formal beauty of the West Garden at Dyrham Park. Terrain is steep & uneven in places & seasonally muddy.

Named routeLength 4 kmDuration 01:00Round tripLocal walking route

Cotswold WayWalking route164 km

Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Avon Wiltshire Cycle LinkCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

10,307 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,307 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Herring Gull +51

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MagpiePica pica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
SwiftApus apus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

summerwinter

2025

Roe Deer · Brown Hare

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects3 species

summer

2025

Eristalis tenax · Southern Hawker · Helophilus pendulus

Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,307 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Herring Gull +51

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MagpiePica pica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
SwiftApus apus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

summerwinter

2025

Roe Deer · Brown Hare

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects3 species

summer

2025

Eristalis tenax · Southern Hawker · Helophilus pendulus

Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Dr Duncan Pepper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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✦DYRHAM PARKHistoric site2.7 km→🌱Dyrham ParkUrban park2.8 km→🌱Dyrham ParkUrban park2.7 km→✦DODINGTON HOUSEHistoric site3 km→✦Slight univallate hillfort 985m north east of Talbot FarmHistoric site2.8 km→🌱The TerracesUrban park3.1 km→

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