St John the Baptist's Church
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.76433, -0.62724
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Great Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 284m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Great Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 284m 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, Great Tit, Blackbird +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Great Tit, Blackbird +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Brimstone, Small Tortoiseshell +145 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Common Knapweed, Cock's-foot +110 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 35 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Mowbray WayWalking route14 km▾
Named routeLength 14 kmLocal walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Hill View Roadpublic footpath · 39 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 39 mPath type: residential
Templars Waypublic footpath · 201 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 201 mPath type: residential
Station Roadpublic footpath · 192 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 192 mPath type: residential
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Photos
Church of St. John the Baptist, South Witham
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,831 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,831 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Rook · Dunnock · Goldfinch · Jackdaw +18
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata · Bloody-nosed Beetle
- Notonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculata
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
🌿Plants118 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Ash · Black Bryony · Field Maple · Elder · White Dead-nettle +113
- AshFraxinus excelsior2024
- Black BryonyTamus communis2024
- Field MapleAcer campestre2024
- ElderSambucus nigra2024
- White Dead-nettleLamium album2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,831 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Rook · Dunnock · Goldfinch · Jackdaw +18
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata · Bloody-nosed Beetle
- Notonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculata
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
🌿Plants118 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Ash · Black Bryony · Field Maple · Elder · White Dead-nettle +113
- AshFraxinus excelsior2024
- Black BryonyTamus communis2024
- Field MapleAcer campestre2024
- ElderSambucus nigra2024
- White Dead-nettleLamium album2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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