St. Andrew's Clifton old church site
Getting here
51.45357, -2.61430
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km▾
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route
Samaritans Way South WestWalking route166 km▾
Named routeLength 166 kmRegional walking route
Bristol Triangular City WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Community Forest PathWalking route72 km▾
Named routeRef CFPLength 72 kmLocal walking route
Worlds End Lanepublic footpath · 89 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 89 mPath type: footway
White Hart Stepspublic footpath · 3 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 3 mSurface paving_stonesIncline downPath type: steps
White Hart Stepspublic footpath · 3 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 3 mSurface paving_stonesIncline downPath type: footway
249 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Avon CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Malago GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef MGWLocal cycle route
Bristol & Bath Railway PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef B&BRPLocal cycle route
Festival WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef FWLocal cycle route
Filwood GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef FGLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Super Nova TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeIncline down
Nova TrailMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
127,665 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
127,665 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Jay · Magpie · Wren +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Wall Lizard
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects17 species
springwinter
2026▾
Scathophaga stercoraria · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Rose Chafer +12
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Unaspis euonymiUnaspis euonymi
Anomalous Bristle-moss · Common Feather-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Wall Screw-moss · Chinese Bramble +12
- Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Chinese BrambleRubus tricolor
- Wall ScalewortPorella platyphylla
- Rock Pocket-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
127,665 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Jay · Magpie · Wren +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Wall Lizard
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects17 species
springwinter
2026▾
Scathophaga stercoraria · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Rose Chafer +12
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Unaspis euonymiUnaspis euonymi
Anomalous Bristle-moss · Common Feather-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Wall Screw-moss · Chinese Bramble +12
- Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Chinese BrambleRubus tricolor
- Wall ScalewortPorella platyphylla
- Rock Pocket-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataAnthonomus pediculariusAnthonomus pedicularius2025Anthonomus pediculariusAnthonomus pedicularius2025Cerobasis guestfalicaCerobasis guestfalica2025Cerobasis guestfalicaCerobasis guestfalica2025Drepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidis2025Drepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidis2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Fissidens dubius
Fissidens dubius
Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissimaMinute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissimaSpiral Extinguisher-mossEncalypta streptocarpaSpiral Extinguisher-mossEncalypta streptocarpaCurly Crisp-mossTrichostomum crispulumCurly Crisp-mossTrichostomum crispulumPointed Lattice-mossDialytrichia mucronataPointed Lattice-mossDialytrichia mucronataWater Screw-mossSyntrichia latifoliaWater Screw-mossSyntrichia latifoliaGreat Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia ruralisGreat Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia ruralisSand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformisSand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformisBig Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus2025Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus2025Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2025Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2025Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2025Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2025Events & activities nearby
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