Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.45253, -0.45744
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Hobby and Peregrine
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 191m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Hobby and Peregrine
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 191m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Hobby, Peregrine, Barn Owl +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST ANDREW; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Hobby, Peregrine, Barn Owl +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Carder Bee, Ruddy Darter +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Lyveden WayWalking route15.2 km▾
Named routeLength 15.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
National Byway (Northamptonshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Photos
Barnwell - St Andrew's Church
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
4,351 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,351 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds23 species
springsummer
2025▾
Little Ringed Plover · Hobby · Peregrine · Bittern · Yellow-legged Gull +18
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WigeonMareca penelope
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CuckooCuculus canorus
Ruddy Darter · Dock Bug · Blue-tailed Damselfly
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Rosa canina · Elm · Norway Maple · Hedera helix · False-brome +75
- Rosa caninaRosa canina
- ElmUlmus
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides
- Hedera helixHedera helix
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,351 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds23 species
springsummer
2025▾
Little Ringed Plover · Hobby · Peregrine · Bittern · Yellow-legged Gull +18
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WigeonMareca penelope
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CuckooCuculus canorus
Ruddy Darter · Dock Bug · Blue-tailed Damselfly
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Rosa canina · Elm · Norway Maple · Hedera helix · False-brome +75
- Rosa caninaRosa canina
- ElmUlmus
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides
- Hedera helixHedera helix
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas