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St Benedict's Church and Centre

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Getting here

55.12550, -1.53613

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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 151m 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 151m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePlayground

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 — Shelduck, Black-headed Gull, Blackbird +89 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shelduck, Black-headed Gull, Blackbird +89 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Orange Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +48 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Orange Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +48 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Coltsfoot, Sea Mayweed, Sea Plantain +63 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Coltsfoot, Sea Mayweed, Sea Plantain +63 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

King Charles III England Coast Path: South Bents to AmbleWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

The Angel's WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

56 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Valley lineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

East lineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Nelson lineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Coast lineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Horton lineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Northburn lineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

11,546 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,546 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds69 species

autumnwinter

2026

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove +64

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
EiderSomateria mollissima
Common GullLarus canus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025

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Insects25 species

springsummer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Lagria hirta +20

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025
Melanostoma

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,546 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds69 species

autumnwinter

2026

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove +64

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
EiderSomateria mollissima
Common GullLarus canus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025

🐝

Insects25 species

springsummer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Lagria hirta +20

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025
Melanostoma

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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