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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.52960, -0.82266
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Spotted Flycatcher
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Spotted Flycatcher
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
⛺Campsite🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swallow, Spotted Flycatcher, Grey Wagtail +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Swallow, Spotted Flycatcher, Grey Wagtail +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell +95 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST GILES; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cock's-foot, Ivy, Sycamore +188 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 64Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.4 km▾
Named routeRef 64Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route530 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 530 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 64Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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St Giles Church, Medbourne
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,979 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,979 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Robin · House Sparrow · Jackdaw · Collared Dove +34
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwiftApus apus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
White-legged Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Thistle Tortoise Beetle · Common Blue Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly +16
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Thistle Tortoise BeetleCassida rubiginosa2023
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Jelly Ear · Candlesnuff Fungus
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
🌿Plants43 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red Dead-nettle · Great Willowherb · Cow Parsley · Hawthorn · Dandelion +38
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
- DandelionTaraxacum2024
- Black Spleenwort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,979 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Robin · House Sparrow · Jackdaw · Collared Dove +34
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwiftApus apus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
White-legged Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Thistle Tortoise Beetle · Common Blue Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly +16
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Thistle Tortoise BeetleCassida rubiginosa2023
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Jelly Ear · Candlesnuff Fungus
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
🌿Plants43 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red Dead-nettle · Great Willowherb · Cow Parsley · Hawthorn · Dandelion +38
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
- DandelionTaraxacum2024
- Black Spleenwort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023Obolodiplosis robiniaeObolodiplosis robiniaeObolodiplosis robiniaeObolodiplosis robiniaeAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaScarce ChaserLibellula fulvaScarce ChaserLibellula fulvaBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoOrange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Nettle-TapAnthophila fabriciana2023Nettle-TapAnthophila fabriciana2023Urophora carduiUrophora cardui2023Urophora carduiUrophora cardui2023Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2023Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2023Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2023Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2023Asplenium adiantum-nigrum2024
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024CleaversGalium aparine2024CleaversGalium aparine2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2024Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024IvyHedera helix2024IvyHedera helix2024Lady's BedstrawGalium verumLady's BedstrawGalium verumMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaLeast Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilisLeast Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilisPurple-loosestrifeLythrum salicariaPurple-loosestrifeLythrum salicariaReed Sweet-grassGlyceria maximaReed Sweet-grassGlyceria maximaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaElderSambucus nigra2024ElderSambucus nigra2024Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2024Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024Dog-roseRosa canina2024Dog-roseRosa canina2024Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2024Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2024Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2024Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024White Dead-nettleLamium album2024White Dead-nettleLamium album2024Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2024Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2024Events & activities nearby
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