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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.04111, -2.15517
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Semley Village Stores — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Semley Village Stores — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swallow, Robin, Wren +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Hazel Dormouse, Wood Mouse, Brown Hare +16 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Western Honey Bee +97 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wood Bristle-moss, Lateral Cryphaea, Swan's-neck Thyme-moss +110 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km▾
Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Tisbury Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBLocal cycle route
North Dorset Cycle WayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
National Byway Dorset LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef NB LoopLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
Photos
Font, St Leonard's Church, Semley
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
7,802 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,802 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Swallow · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Starling +34
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
Hazel Dormouse · Wood Mouse · Harvest Mouse · Brown Hare · Roe Deer +7
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BadgerMeles meles
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Western Honey Bee · Polydrusus formosus · Small Green Nettle Weevil · Meadow Cranesbill Weevil +19
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025
- Small Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius roboretanus2025
- Meadow Cranesbill WeevilZacladus geranii2025
- Tree Bumblebee
Red Campion · Japanese Knotweed · Elder · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum · Daffodil +6
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
- DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum var. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum var. montanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,802 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Swallow · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Starling +34
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
Hazel Dormouse · Wood Mouse · Harvest Mouse · Brown Hare · Roe Deer +7
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BadgerMeles meles
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Western Honey Bee · Polydrusus formosus · Small Green Nettle Weevil · Meadow Cranesbill Weevil +19
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025
- Small Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius roboretanus2025
- Meadow Cranesbill WeevilZacladus geranii2025
- Tree Bumblebee
Red Campion · Japanese Knotweed · Elder · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum · Daffodil +6
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
- DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum var. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum var. montanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Common ShrewSorex araneus2024Common ShrewSorex araneus2024WeaselMustela nivalis2024WeaselMustela nivalis2024Yellow-necked MouseApodemus flavicollis2023Yellow-necked MouseApodemus flavicollis2023Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2023Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2023Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2023Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2023Bombus hypnorum2023
Bombus hypnorum2023
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammumNut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataNargus wilkiniNargus wilkiniNargus wilkiniNargus wilkiniOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataCortinicara gibbosaCortinicara gibbosaCortinicara gibbosaCortinicara gibbosaCantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2023Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2023Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2023Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2023Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023OedemeraOedemera2023OedemeraOedemera2023Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2023Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2023Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2023Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2023Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023HornetVespa crabro2023HornetVespa crabro20232024
2024
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2024Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2024SanicleSanicula europaea2024SanicleSanicula europaea2024FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024ChicoryCichorium intybus2023ChicoryCichorium intybus2023BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2023BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2023Events & activities nearby
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