St John the Baptist's Church
Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.61107, -1.41986
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Costa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Costa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Quaker, Dark-edged Bee-fly +29 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Vale WayWalking route43 km▾
Route through the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, UK. (27 miles).
Named routeLength 43 kmLocal walking route
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Grove/King Alfred School (West)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 544Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 544National Cycle Network
Wantage/GroveCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Vale Cycle LinksCycling route▾
Proposed Kingsgrove to Wantage Town Centre Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Wantage to Harwell Campus (Icknield Greenway)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
St. Ives Lanebridleway · 119 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 119 mPath type: footway
Gipsy Lanebyway open to all traffic · 333 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 333 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
Photos
St John the Baptist Church in Grove
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
61,013 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
61,013 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow · Blue Tit +23
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
7-spot Ladybird · Common Quaker · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Early Grey · Clouded Drab +16
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Early GreyXylocampa areola
- Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
61,013 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow · Blue Tit +23
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
7-spot Ladybird · Common Quaker · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Early Grey · Clouded Drab +16
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Early GreyXylocampa areola
- Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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