St John the Baptist's Church
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › South East › Woking Getting here
51.31040, -0.59256
Open directionsv 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 234m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ 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 🛝 Playground 234m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦉 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 — Pochard, Shoveler, Robin +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Pochard, Shoveler, Robin +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Cockchafer, 10-spot Ladybird, Orange Ladybird +232 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Cockchafer, 10-spot Ladybird, Orange Ladybird +232 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Saturn Trail
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby · 22 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
The Fox Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Papercourt Lock to Triggs Lock Walk, River Wey Navigations Walking route 9.6 km ▾
Starting from Papercourt, this walk is based in Send, where the River Wey Navigations has its navigation workshops. On this flat route you'll find locks from the 1760s and ponds and meadows that are important for the local wildlife. Flat & easy walking.
Named route Length 9.6 km Duration 03:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England Walking route ▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named route Ref E2 International walking route
Show on map Basingstoke Canal Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Pirbright walk (SCC) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Pond Road public footpath · 223 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 223 m Surface asphalt Path type: residential
Show on map St John's Lye public footpath · 43 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 43 m Surface asphalt Path type: unclassified
Show on map St John's Lye public footpath · 93 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 93 m Surface asphalt Path type: unclassified
Show on map 101 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Neptune Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Neptune (2) Local cycle route
Show on map Mars Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Mars Local cycle route
Show on map Phobos Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Phobos Local cycle route
Show on map Mimas Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Mimas Local cycle route
Show on map Route 223 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 223 National Cycle Network
Show on map Oberon Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Oberon Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Basingstoke Canal Towpath Mountain bike route ▾
Photos St John, Woking: churchyard (h)
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Wildlife to spot
33,984 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 33,984 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Shoveler · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Pochard +39
Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Great Tit Parus major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Pochard Aythya ferina Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Wigeon Mareca penelope2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Pintail Anas acuta2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Swift Apus apus2025 🐸 Amphibians 4 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria2025 Spotted-winged Drosophila · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Loosestrife Weevil · Graphopsocus cruciatus · Marmalade Hoverfly +30
Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025 Loosestrife Weevil Nanophyes marmoratus Graphopsocus cruciatus Graphopsocus cruciatus Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Crescent-cup Liverwort
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 33,984 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Shoveler · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Pochard +39
Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Great Tit Parus major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Pochard Aythya ferina Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Wigeon Mareca penelope2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Pintail Anas acuta2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Swift Apus apus2025 🐸 Amphibians 4 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria2025 Spotted-winged Drosophila · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Loosestrife Weevil · Graphopsocus cruciatus · Marmalade Hoverfly +30
Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025 Loosestrife Weevil Nanophyes marmoratus Graphopsocus cruciatus Graphopsocus cruciatus Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Crescent-cup Liverwort
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Brown Soft-scale Coccus hesperidum
Brown Soft-scale Coccus hesperidum
Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus
Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus
Orsillus depressus Orsillus depressus
Orsillus depressus Orsillus depressus
Helina evecta Helina evecta
Helina evecta Helina evecta
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Water Measurer Hydrometra stagnorum
Water Measurer Hydrometra stagnorum
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Otiorhynchus raucus Otiorhynchus raucus
Otiorhynchus raucus Otiorhynchus raucus
Andrion regensteinense Andrion regensteinense
Andrion regensteinense Andrion regensteinense
Geomyza tripunctata Geomyza tripunctata
Geomyza tripunctata Geomyza tripunctata
Paradromius linearis Paradromius linearis
Paradromius linearis Paradromius linearis
Nut Leaf Weevil Strophosoma melanogrammum
Nut Leaf Weevil Strophosoma melanogrammum
Cartodere bifasciata Cartodere bifasciata
Cartodere bifasciata Cartodere bifasciata
Platyderus depressus Platyderus depressus
Platyderus depressus Platyderus depressus
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
Psammoecus bipunctatus Psammoecus bipunctatus
Psammoecus bipunctatus Psammoecus bipunctatus
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea
Culiseta annulata Culiseta annulata
Culiseta annulata Culiseta annulata
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma
Valenzuela flavidus Valenzuela flavidus
Valenzuela flavidus Valenzuela flavidus
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Taeniapion urticarium Taeniapion urticarium
Taeniapion urticarium Taeniapion urticarium
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Cerobasis guestfalica Cerobasis guestfalica
Cerobasis guestfalica Cerobasis guestfalica
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae2025
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae2025
Small Black Ant Lasius niger2025
Small Black Ant Lasius niger2025
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2025
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2025 