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St Benedict's Church

📷 Z Pryce · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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51.61753, -3.97493

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 244m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 244m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlaygroundToilets

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Magpie, Woodpigeon +65 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Magpie, Woodpigeon +65 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, toilets, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, toilets

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Harlequin Ladybird, Field Grasshopper +66 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Harlequin Ladybird, Field Grasshopper +66 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wales Coast Path (South Wales)Walking route

Named routeRef WCPNational walking route

The Gower WayWalking route56 km

Named routeLength 56 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Route WCPWalking route

Named routeRef WCPNational walking route

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Cycling

75 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mumbles MileCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

City Central RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Clyne Line RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route

Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

Route 43Cycling route

Named routeRef 43National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route

Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

23,454 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

23,454 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds70 species

winterspring

2026

Robin · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Herring Gull +65

RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
HoopoeUpupa epops2024
Great TitParus major
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
NuthatchSitta europaea
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Common GullLarus canus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
CootFulica atra2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BuzzardButeo buteo
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
Pica pica picaPica pica pica2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

springsummer

2025

Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Grey Squirrel · Vole · Bat · Common Pipistrelle

Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
VoleArvicolinae
BatChiroptera
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024

🐸

Amphibians3 species

winterspring

2026

Palmate Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo2025

🐝

Insects69 species

springsummer

2026

Eristalis pertinax · Harlequin Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Common Carder Bee · Early Bumblebee +64

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Sulphur BeetleCteniopus sulphureus2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
Back-SwimmerNotonecta2025
Oedemera virescensOedemera virescens2025
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
Helina evectaHelina evecta
Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025
Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2025
Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2025
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculata2025
Woolly Apple AphidEriosoma lanigerum2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2025
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
Cheilosia bergenstammiCheilosia bergenstammi2025
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2024
Spotted Regal-sawflyNematus septentrionalis2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2024
Arge pagana subsp. paganaArge pagana subsp. pagana2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Picture-winged FlyDorycera graminum2024
Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2024
Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2024
Polyporivora ornataPolyporivora ornata2024
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024
Melanimon tibialisMelanimon tibialis2024
EupeodesEupeodes2024
Portevinia maculataPortevinia maculata2024
Biscuit BeetleStegobium paniceum2024
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2024
Nimbus contaminatusNimbus contaminatus2024
LimnephilusLimnephilus2024

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2024

Chinese Bramble

Chinese BrambleRubus tricolor

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

23,454 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds70 species

winterspring

2026

Robin · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Herring Gull +65

RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
HoopoeUpupa epops2024
Great TitParus major
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
NuthatchSitta europaea
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Common GullLarus canus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
CootFulica atra2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BuzzardButeo buteo
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
Pica pica picaPica pica pica2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

springsummer

2025

Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Grey Squirrel · Vole · Bat · Common Pipistrelle

Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
VoleArvicolinae
BatChiroptera
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024

🐸

Amphibians3 species

winterspring

2026

Palmate Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo2025

🐝

Insects69 species

springsummer

2026

Eristalis pertinax · Harlequin Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Common Carder Bee · Early Bumblebee +64

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Sulphur BeetleCteniopus sulphureus2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
Back-SwimmerNotonecta2025
Oedemera virescensOedemera virescens2025
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
Helina evectaHelina evecta
Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025
Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2025
Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2025
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculata2025
Woolly Apple AphidEriosoma lanigerum2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2025
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
Cheilosia bergenstammiCheilosia bergenstammi2025
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2024
Spotted Regal-sawflyNematus septentrionalis2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2024
Arge pagana subsp. paganaArge pagana subsp. pagana2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Picture-winged FlyDorycera graminum2024
Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2024
Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2024
Polyporivora ornataPolyporivora ornata2024
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024
Melanimon tibialisMelanimon tibialis2024
EupeodesEupeodes2024
Portevinia maculataPortevinia maculata2024
Biscuit BeetleStegobium paniceum2024
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2024
Nimbus contaminatusNimbus contaminatus2024
LimnephilusLimnephilus2024

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2024

Chinese Bramble

Chinese BrambleRubus tricolor

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Z Pryce · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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