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St James' Church

📷 Keith Williams · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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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 on site — 4 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 — 4 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, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Little Ringed Plover, Hobby, Mallard +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Little Ringed Plover, Hobby, Mallard +75 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug, Eristalis pertinax +90 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug, Eristalis pertinax +90 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Ribwort Plantain · last seen 2024; Plants — Ribwort Plantain · last seen 2024

Free

Hiking

Moderate match

Named hiking route nearby: Sherbourne Valley Walk

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

22 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Oxford Canal WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Centenary WayWalking route

Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route

A Coventry WayWalking route

Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route

Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km

From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury

Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional walking route

ACW Circular Walk 05Walking route

Named routeRef C05Listed length 19 kmLocal walking route

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Cycling

50 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 53Cycling route

Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network

Cycle Coventry Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13Local cycle route

Route 52Cycling route

Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network

Cycle Coventry Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1Local cycle route

Cycle Coventry Route 2Cycling route

Named routeRef 2Local cycle route

Cycle Coventry Route 10Cycling route

Named routeRef 10Local cycle route

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Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Ryton Pools Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route

Named routeRound trip

Coombe Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route

Named routeRound trip

Wildlife to spot

15,811 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

15,811 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds38 species

summerwinter

2026

Hobby · Little Ringed Plover · Peregrine · Blue Tit · Mallard +33

HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MagpiePica pica2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Great TitParus major2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Falco columbarius aesalonFalco columbarius aesalon2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025

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Insects43 species

summer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eupeodes · Syrphus · Syritta pipiens +38

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
EupeodesEupeodes2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Leistus ferrugineusLeistus ferrugineus2025
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2025
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025
Melangyna umbellatarumMelangyna umbellatarum2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
EristalisEristalis2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Dolichovespula mediaDolichovespula media2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025
Hypera rumicisHypera rumicis2025
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025
Cottony Camellia ScalePulvinaria floccifera2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

15,811 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

summerwinter

2026

Hobby · Little Ringed Plover · Peregrine · Blue Tit · Mallard +33

HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MagpiePica pica2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Great TitParus major2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Falco columbarius aesalonFalco columbarius aesalon2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025

🐝

Insects43 species

summer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eupeodes · Syrphus · Syritta pipiens +38

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
EupeodesEupeodes2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Leistus ferrugineusLeistus ferrugineus2025
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2025
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025
Melangyna umbellatarumMelangyna umbellatarum2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
EristalisEristalis2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Dolichovespula mediaDolichovespula media2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025
Hypera rumicisHypera rumicis2025
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025
Cottony Camellia ScalePulvinaria floccifera2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Keith Williams · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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