Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.68622, -0.97794
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Little Owl and Swallow
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Little Owl and Swallow
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Little Owl, Swallow, Jackdaw +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Little Owl, Swallow, Jackdaw +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — King Alfred's Cakes, Dryad's Saddle, Common Orange Lichen +12 more · last seen 2023
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Speckled Wood, Common Darter +50 more · last seen 2022
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ash, Elder, Hawthorn +213 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route610 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 610 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route98 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 98 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route82 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 82 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route121 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 121 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Church of St John the Baptist, South Croxton
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Aeshna mixta
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