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St Andrew's Church

📷 David Howard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Bloom — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Bloom — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· PaidToilets

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Shoveler, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Shoveler, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

café, toilets, car park

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

café, toilets

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Volucella inanis, Birch Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird +26 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Volucella inanis, Birch Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird +26 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Main RouteCycling route2.6 km

Named routeRef 552Length 2.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route260 m

Named routeRef 552Length 260 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route690 m

Named routeRef 552Length 690 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route812 m

Named routeRef 552Length 812 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route941 m

Named routeRef 552Length 941 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route170 m

Named routeRef 552Length 170 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

26,596 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

26,596 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

autumnwinter

2025

Shoveler · Blue Tit · Robin · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +45

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WigeonMareca penelope
JackdawColoeus monedula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
DunnockPrunella modularis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CootFulica atra
GadwallMareca strepera
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Rock DoveColumba livia
TealAnas crecca
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedwingTurdus iliacus
RookCorvus frugilegus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
JayGarrulus glandarius
NuthatchSitta europaea
SiskinSpinus spinus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
PochardAythya ferina
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
RavenCorvus corax
Common GullLarus canus

🦌

Mammals2 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

26,596 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

autumnwinter

2025

Shoveler · Blue Tit · Robin · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +45

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WigeonMareca penelope
JackdawColoeus monedula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
DunnockPrunella modularis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CootFulica atra
GadwallMareca strepera
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Rock DoveColumba livia
TealAnas crecca
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedwingTurdus iliacus
RookCorvus frugilegus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
JayGarrulus glandarius
NuthatchSitta europaea
SiskinSpinus spinus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
PochardAythya ferina
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
RavenCorvus corax
Common GullLarus canus

🦌

Mammals2 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 David Howard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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