Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.34193, -0.34625
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦30+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 267m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦30+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 267m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +27 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: PARISH CHURCH OF ST JAMES; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +27 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +31 more · last seen 2024
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Shires WayWalking route79 km▾
49 mile route liking the Swan's Way to the Grafham Water circular walk, which it now incorporates, made up largely of bridleways.
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Church Lanepublic footpath · 53 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 53 mPath type: residential
24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Route HDC 7 (alt route)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 7 (alt route)Local cycle route
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route169 m▾
Named routeLength 169 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route336 m▾
Named routeLength 336 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
N/ACycling route46 m▾
Named routeLength 46 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Cockway Lanerestricted byway · 2.1 km▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 2.1 kmSurface dirtPath type: track
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
5,853 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,853 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Redwing +23
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
🦌Mammals5 species
springwinter
2025▾
Badger · Muntjac · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small White · Large White · Speckled Wood +15
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,853 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Redwing +23
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
🦌Mammals5 species
springwinter
2025▾
Badger · Muntjac · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small White · Large White · Speckled Wood +15
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
