Rowton Castle Hotel & Country Club
19 ha
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome19 ha
Getting here
52.70790, -2.92128
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ✦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 — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw +57 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw +57 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Green-veined White, Gatekeeper +19 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cock's-foot, Spear Thistle, Germander Speedwell +108 more · last seen 2024
Free
Grade II* listed building: ROWTON CASTLE AND ATTACHED STABLE COURTYARD
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Shropshire Way - stage 15Walking route21.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW15Length 21.1 kmLocal walking route
Severn Way (1) Source to ShrewsburyWalking route116 km▾
Named routeRef SW (1)Length 116 kmRegional walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 14Walking route22.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW14Length 22.1 kmLocal walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 44Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 44National Cycle Network
Route 81Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 81National Cycle Network
National Byway (Herefordshire)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Herefordshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 81Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route11.8 km▾
Named routeRef 81Length 11.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route147 m▾
Named routeRef 44Length 147 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
3,788 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,788 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Wren · Collared Dove +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- TealAnas crecca
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
🦌Mammals2 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Bronze Shieldbug · 24-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird +3
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Welted Thistle
- Welted ThistleCarduus crispus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,788 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Wren · Collared Dove +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- TealAnas crecca
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
🦌Mammals2 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Bronze Shieldbug · 24-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird +3
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Welted Thistle
- Welted ThistleCarduus crispus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
16-spot Ladybird
16-spot Ladybird
Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum