← Back⛪ Religious grounds

St Cassian's Church

📷 Philip Pankhurst · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsInsects

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

52.36048, -2.16105

Open directionsv

Google Maps↗Driving directions Apple Maps↗Driving directions Waze↗Live driving navigation Google Transit↗Bus, rail or tram Apple Transit↗Bus, rail or tram

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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 6 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 6 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Skylark, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +74 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Skylark, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +74 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Azure Damselfly +34 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Azure Damselfly +34 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Monarch's Way

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Neat Feather-moss, Sphagnum denticulatum · last seen 2026; Plants — Neat Feather-moss, Sphagnum denticulatum · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 6 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

Royal Hunters Walks - Saunders Park to Park Gate LinkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Royal Hunters Walks - Foresters' walkWalking route8 km

Named routeLength 8 kmLocal walking route

Royal Hunters Walks - Hedgelayers' walkWalking route5 km

Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route

Royal Hunters Walks - Chartists' walkWalking route8 km

Named routeLength 8 kmLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

11 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mercian WayCycling route

Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network

Route 46Cycling route

Named routeRef 46National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route2.3 km

Named routeRef 45Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route22 m

Named routeRef 45Length 22 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route3.4 km

Named routeRef 46Length 3.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route29 m

Named routeRef 45Length 29 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

11,898 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,898 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds80 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Skylark · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Buzzard · Starling +75

SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2024

🦌

Mammals8 species

springsummer

2025

Brown Hare · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Brown Long-eared Bat · Badger +3

Brown HareLepus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
BadgerMeles meles
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

springsummer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects37 species

springsummer

2025

Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Red-eyed Damselfly · Migrant Hawker +32

Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
SyrphusSyrphus
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis
DolerusDolerus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
HarpalusHarpalus2024

🌿

Plants2 species

winterspring

2026

Neat Feather-moss · Sphagnum denticulatum

Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Sphagnum denticulatumSphagnum denticulatum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,898 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds80 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Skylark · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Buzzard · Starling +75

SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2024

🦌

Mammals8 species

springsummer

2025

Brown Hare · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Brown Long-eared Bat · Badger +3

Brown HareLepus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
BadgerMeles meles
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

springsummer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects37 species

springsummer

2025

Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Red-eyed Damselfly · Migrant Hawker +32

Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
SyrphusSyrphus
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis
DolerusDolerus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
HarpalusHarpalus2024

🌿

Plants2 species

winterspring

2026

Neat Feather-moss · Sphagnum denticulatum

Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Sphagnum denticulatumSphagnum denticulatum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Philip Pankhurst · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

St Cassian, Chaddesley Corbett

1 / 15

Events & activities nearby

Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.

Bookable tours

Weather for this location

Next 14 days

Loading local forecast…

Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Chaddesley Corbett Community OrchardUrban park300 m→🌱Chaddesley Corbett Community OrchardUrban park300 m→🌱Comberton ParkUrban park4.9 km→✦Dodford Priory moated siteHistoric site4.2 km→🌱Belbroughton Village GreenUrban park4.5 km→🌱Belbroughton Village GreenUrban park4.5 km→

Own or manage this place?

Claim this listing to keep details accurate, add photos, and highlight what makes it special — free.

Claim this page

How was your visit?

How useful was the information on this page?

id: 9c35df7d-8c5d-4952-aeae-5a80767ecd1e