St Hugh and St John Church
🛝Family🐶Dogs✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.90954, -0.17053
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- ☕The Glebe Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ 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
- ☕The Glebe Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
STOOP Link Path 2 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 3 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
STOOP Link Path 3 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 4 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
STOOP Link Path 1 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 2 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
STOOP Link Path 8 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
Link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 11 o'clock on clockface)
Named routeLocal walking route
Woodland TrailWalking route▾
37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
recreational cycle route 10Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route769 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 769 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route337 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 337 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 12Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
27,149 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
27,149 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Canada Goose · Rock Dove +31
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CootFulica atra
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Great TitParus major
Soprano Pipistrelle
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Western Bee-fly · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Lesser Stag Beetle +13
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Western Bee-flyBombylius canescens
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
- SarcophagaSarcophaga
Bee Orchid
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,149 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Canada Goose · Rock Dove +31
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CootFulica atra
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Great TitParus major
Soprano Pipistrelle
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Western Bee-fly · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Lesser Stag Beetle +13
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Western Bee-flyBombylius canescens
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
- SarcophagaSarcophaga
Bee Orchid
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025Elater ferrugineusElater ferrugineus2025Elater ferrugineusElater ferrugineus2025Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2025Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Non-biting midgesChironomidae2025Non-biting midgesChironomidae2025Events & activities nearby
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