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St John the Baptist's Church

📷 Jonathan Billinger · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 172m 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 172m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Playground

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Red Admiral, Green-veined White, Comma +47 more · last seen 2021; Insects — Red Admiral, Green-veined White, Comma +47 more · last seen 2021

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Tawny Owl, Kestrel, Red-legged Partridge +10 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Tawny Owl, Kestrel, Red-legged Partridge +10 more · last seen 2025

Free

Family friendly

Good match

playground

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Colne Valley PathWalking route37 km

Named routeLength 37 kmLocal walking route

London to Walsingham - stage 04Walking route

Named routeRef LW04Local walking route

Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Jay's Lanebridleway · 948 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 948 mSurface unpavedPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

9,362 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,362 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds11 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Buzzard · Kestrel · Red-legged Partridge · Swift · Fieldfare +6

BuzzardButeo buteo2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
SwiftApus apus2022
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
JayGarrulus glandarius2020

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2022

Hedgehog · Muntjac

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2020

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winterspring

2024

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects18 species

summerautumn

2021

Red Admiral · Green-veined White · Small White · Painted Lady · Speckled Wood +13

Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,362 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds11 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Buzzard · Kestrel · Red-legged Partridge · Swift · Fieldfare +6

BuzzardButeo buteo2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
SwiftApus apus2022
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
JayGarrulus glandarius2020

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2022

Hedgehog · Muntjac

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2020

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winterspring

2024

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects18 species

summerautumn

2021

Red Admiral · Green-veined White · Small White · Painted Lady · Speckled Wood +13

Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Jonathan Billinger · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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