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St Giles' Church

📷 Richard Law · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

52.70187, -2.73044

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 88m away — 20 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 88m away — 20 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blue Tit +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blue Tit +57 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Birch Shieldbug +71 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Birch Shieldbug +71 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Greater Honeywort, Mind-your-own-business, Hart's-Tongue +29 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Greater Honeywort, Mind-your-own-business, Hart's-Tongue +29 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Least Yellow-sorrel, Bulrush, Chives

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

20 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Shropshire Way - stage 01Walking route24.1 km

Named routeRef ShW01Length 24.1 kmLocal walking route

Shropshire Way - stage 10Walking route18.1 km

Named routeRef ShW10Length 18.1 kmLocal walking route

River Reflections Walk, Attingham ParkWalking route1.6 km

River Tern, Water Meadow, Man-Made Lake, Two Bridges. Dogs leashed for majority of the walk, with a section for off lead walking in the north: https://nt.global.ssl.fastly.net/binaries/content/assets/website/national/regions/shropshire-staffordshire/place

Named routeLength 1.6 kmDuration 01:00-01:30Round tripLocal walking route

Food and Fungi Walk, Attingham ParkWalking route1.6 km

Walled Garden, Apple Orchard, Woodland, Fungi, Exotic Fruit

Named routeLength 1.6 kmDuration 00:30-01:00Round tripLocal walking route

Repton Ramble, Attingham ParkWalking route4 km

Deer, WW2 Remians, The Ha-Ha, Mainsion Views, River Tern. Dogs leashed for parts of this walk: https://nt.global.ssl.fastly.net/binaries/content/assets/website/natio

Named routeLength 4 kmDuration 01:00-01:30Round tripLocal walking route

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Cycling

84 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mercian WayCycling route

Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network

Route 44Cycling route

Named routeRef 44National Cycle Network

National Byway (Shropshire)Cycling route

National Byway route in Shropshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Route 81Cycling route

Named routeRef 81National Cycle Network

National Byway (Herefordshire)Cycling route

National Byway in Herefordshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Alternative RouteCycling route99 m

Named routeRef 81Length 99 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

72,566 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

72,566 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

autumnwinter

2026

Magpie · Starling · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Rock Dove +35

MagpiePica pica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoosanderMergus merganser
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
CootFulica atra2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025

🦌

Mammals6 species

winterspring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Rabbit +1

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2026

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects11 species

springautumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Box Bug · Dock Bug · Pine Ladybird +6

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
BumblebeeBombus2025

🌿

Plants11 species

winterautumn

2026

Greater Honeywort · Hart's-Tongue · Giant Herb-Robert · Mind-your-own-business · Guernsey Fleabane +6

Greater HoneywortCerinthe major
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
Giant Herb-RobertGeranium maderense
Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis
Common StonewortChara vulgaris
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Arum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicum
Great BromeAnisantha diandra2025
SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata2025
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

72,566 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

autumnwinter

2026

Magpie · Starling · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Rock Dove +35

MagpiePica pica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoosanderMergus merganser
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
CootFulica atra2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025

🦌

Mammals6 species

winterspring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Rabbit +1

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2026

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects11 species

springautumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Box Bug · Dock Bug · Pine Ladybird +6

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
BumblebeeBombus2025

🌿

Plants11 species

winterautumn

2026

Greater Honeywort · Hart's-Tongue · Giant Herb-Robert · Mind-your-own-business · Guernsey Fleabane +6

Greater HoneywortCerinthe major
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
Giant Herb-RobertGeranium maderense
Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis
Common StonewortChara vulgaris
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Arum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicum
Great BromeAnisantha diandra2025
SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata2025
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Law · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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