Shrunken medieval village
3 ha
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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.89241, -0.48332
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦21+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Robin
- ✦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
- 🐦21+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Robin
- ✦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 — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +18 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Black Oil-beetle, Badister bullatus, Bloody-nosed Beetle +48 more · last seen 2023; Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris, Melanelixia fuliginosa, Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. +56 more · last seen 2011
Varies
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +18 more · last seen 2025; Good quality semi-improved grassland priority habitat
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
1 signed route nearby
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Deserted medieval village
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Wildlife to spot
3,312 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,312 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Collared Dove · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · House Martin +10
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MagpiePica pica
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- SwiftApus apus2020
Empis trigramma · Bloody-nosed Beetle · Empis nuntia · Tipula oleracea
- Empis trigrammaEmpis trigramma2021
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
- Empis nuntiaEmpis nuntia2021
- Tipula oleraceaTipula oleracea2021
Greater Knapweed · Elder · Common Nettle · Field Maple · Rosa canina +113
- Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa
- ElderSambucus nigra2020
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2020
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- Rosa caninaRosa canina
- Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2020
- Common Poppy
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,312 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Collared Dove · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · House Martin +10
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MagpiePica pica
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- SwiftApus apus2020
Empis trigramma · Bloody-nosed Beetle · Empis nuntia · Tipula oleracea
- Empis trigrammaEmpis trigramma2021
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
- Empis nuntiaEmpis nuntia2021
- Tipula oleraceaTipula oleracea2021
Greater Knapweed · Elder · Common Nettle · Field Maple · Rosa canina +113
- Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa
- ElderSambucus nigra2020
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2020
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- Rosa caninaRosa canina
- Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2020
- Common Poppy
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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LettuceLactuca serriola2020Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2020Heath False-bromeBrachypodium pinnatum2020Heath False-bromeBrachypodium pinnatum2020Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2020Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2020Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2020Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2020Great LettuceLactuca virosa2020Great LettuceLactuca virosa2020Lesser BurdockArctium minus2020Lesser BurdockArctium minus2020Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2020Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2020Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2020Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2020Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2020Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2020Wild CherryPrunus avium2020Wild CherryPrunus avium2020Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2020Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2020Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2020Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2020Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2020Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2020AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2020AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2020Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2020Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2020Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2020Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2020Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2020Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2020Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2020Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2020Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2020Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2020Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2020Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2020Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2020Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2020Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2020Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2020Field PansyViola arvensis2020Field PansyViola arvensis2020American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2020American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2020RadishRaphanus raphanistrum2020RadishRaphanus raphanistrum2020Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2020Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2020Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2020Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2020BlackthornPrunus 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