Site of Whitchurch Castle
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome
Getting here
52.96879, -2.68622
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Costa — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Costa — a good base for a longer summer day out
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit +53 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit +53 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Carder Bee, 2-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Water Fern, Japanese Knotweed, Elder +14 more · last seen 2024
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cheshire CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Shropshire Way - Wem to WhitchurchWalking route25 km▾
Named routeRef ShW12aLength 25 kmRegional walking route
Maelor WayWalking route39 km▾
Named routeLength 39 kmRegional walking route
South Cheshire WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 51kmRegional walking route
Sandstone TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Hamlets and HedgerowsCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Byway (Shropshire)Cycling route▾
National Byway route in Shropshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route370 m▾
Named routeRef 45Length 370 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.5 km▾
Named routeRef 45Length 3.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Scene in Jubilee Park, Whitchurch, Shropshire
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Wildlife to spot
16,358 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,358 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Magpie · Mute Swan · Starling +11
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
🦌Mammals7 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Mole · Red Fox · Rabbit +2
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Rabbit
🐸Amphibians4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- FrogRana2024
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024
2-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Earwig +26
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024
- Common Carder Bee
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,358 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Magpie · Mute Swan · Starling +11
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
🦌Mammals7 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Mole · Red Fox · Rabbit +2
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Rabbit
🐸Amphibians4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- FrogRana2024
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024
2-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Earwig +26
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024
- Common Carder Bee
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Oryctolagus cuniculus2025
Oryctolagus cuniculus2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025WeaselMustela nivalis2025WeaselMustela nivalis2025Bombus pascuorum2024
Bombus pascuorum2024
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202422-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202424-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata202424-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2024Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2024Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata202410-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202410-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2024Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus2024Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus2024BumblebeeBombus2024BumblebeeBombus2024Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024Scymnus suturalisScymnus suturalis2024Scymnus suturalisScymnus suturalis2024Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2024Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2024Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxAnthocomus fasciatusAnthocomus fasciatusAnthocomus fasciatusAnthocomus fasciatusIvy BeeColletes hederae2024Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Stethorus pusillusStethorus pusillus2024Stethorus pusillusStethorus pusillus2024Scymnus auritusScymnus auritus2024Scymnus auritusScymnus auritus2024Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024HoverflySyrphidae2024HoverflySyrphidae2024