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St Ffraid's Church

📷 Alan Hughes · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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51.53962, -3.59174

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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
🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via National Cycle Network Route 4
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via National Cycle Network Route 4
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +66 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Eristalis nemorum, Eristalis tenax, Syrphus ribesii +54 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Eristalis nemorum, Eristalis tenax, Syrphus ribesii +54 more · last seen 2025

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Network Route 4

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Heritage

Moderate match

Religious grounds — local heritage

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

74 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 883Cycling route

Named routeRef 883National Cycle Network

Garw Valley Railway pathCycling route

Named routeRef 884National Cycle Network

885Cycling route

Named routeRef 885National Cycle Network

NCN 885 (Proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 885National Cycle Network

Coychurch Community RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Bridgend Active Travel NewtworkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

22,102 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

22,102 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

autumnwinter

2026

Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin · Dunnock · Great Tit +35

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great TitParus major2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

22,102 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

autumnwinter

2026

Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin · Dunnock · Great Tit +35

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great TitParus major2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Alan Hughes · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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