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St Leonard's Church

📷 Andrew Abbott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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🌞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
☕Rockingham Castle Tea Rooms — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ 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
☕Rockingham Castle Tea Rooms — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

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£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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Wildlife

Very strong match

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

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Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, House Sparrow, Blackbird +80 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, House Sparrow, Blackbird +80 more · last seen 2025

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Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, café

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Large White, Red Admiral +84 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Large White, Red Admiral +84 more · last seen 2025

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Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Nuttall's Waterweed, Daisy, Bluebell +122 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Nuttall's Waterweed, Daisy, Bluebell +122 more · last seen 2025

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Family friendly

Strong match

playground, café

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Jurassic WayWalking route142 km

Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route

Rutland RoundWalking route105 km

Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route

National Byway in Rutland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

3,356 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,356 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Plants161 species

autumn

2025

Common Chickweed · Round-leaved Crane's-bill · Field Forget-me-not · Sun Spurge · Red Valerian +156

Common ChickweedStellaria media
Round-leaved Crane's-billGeranium rotundifolium
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
AshFraxinus excelsior
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Fat-henChenopodium album
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
HemlockConium maculatum
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
White CloverTrifolium repens
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Norway MapleAcer platanoides
IvyHedera helix
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Sweet VioletViola odorata
HazelCorylus avellana
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Annual MercuryMercurialis annua
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Green Field-speedwellVeronica agrestis
DandelionTaraxacum
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
CleaversGalium aparine
Canadian GoldenrodSolidago canadensis
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Common OracheAtriplex patula
AubretiaAubrieta deltoidea
DaisyBellis perennis
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea
Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata
HollyIlex aquifolium
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Common NettleUrtica dioica
PigweedAmaranthus
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
RapeBrassica napus
ElderSambucus nigra
Field MadderSherardia arvensis
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
BrambleRubus fruticosus
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
NipplewortLapsana communis
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
Great Forget-me-notBrunnera macrophylla
HollyhockAlcea rosea
Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena
Yellow Bristle-grassSetaria pumila
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Field MapleAcer campestre
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Blue PassionflowerPassiflora caerulea
Western Red-cedarThuja plicata
Rosa caninaRosa canina
ChicoryCichorium intybus
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
SunflowerHelianthus annuus
Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Hooker's HebeVeronica brachysiphon
Ternate-leaved CinquefoilPotentilla norvegica
BorageBorago officinalis
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Musk Stork's-billErodium moschatum
Grey Field-speedwellVeronica polita
Garden LavenderLavandula angustifolia
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola
Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium
RowanSorbus aucuparia
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Box-leaved HoneysuckleLonicera pileata
Common CudweedFilago germanica
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Buckler-FernDryopteris
European LarchLarix decidua
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Leyland CypressCupressus macrocarpa x nootkatensis = C. x leylandii
SoapwortSaponaria officinalis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,356 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants161 species

autumn

2025

Common Chickweed · Round-leaved Crane's-bill · Field Forget-me-not · Sun Spurge · Red Valerian +156

Common ChickweedStellaria media
Round-leaved Crane's-billGeranium rotundifolium
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
AshFraxinus excelsior
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Fat-henChenopodium album
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
HemlockConium maculatum
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
White CloverTrifolium repens
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Norway MapleAcer platanoides
IvyHedera helix
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Sweet VioletViola odorata
HazelCorylus avellana
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Annual MercuryMercurialis annua
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Green Field-speedwellVeronica agrestis
DandelionTaraxacum
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
CleaversGalium aparine
Canadian GoldenrodSolidago canadensis
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Common OracheAtriplex patula
AubretiaAubrieta deltoidea
DaisyBellis perennis
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea
Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata
HollyIlex aquifolium
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Common NettleUrtica dioica
PigweedAmaranthus
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
RapeBrassica napus
ElderSambucus nigra
Field MadderSherardia arvensis
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
BrambleRubus fruticosus
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
NipplewortLapsana communis
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
Great Forget-me-notBrunnera macrophylla
HollyhockAlcea rosea
Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena
Yellow Bristle-grassSetaria pumila
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Field MapleAcer campestre
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Blue PassionflowerPassiflora caerulea
Western Red-cedarThuja plicata
Rosa caninaRosa canina
ChicoryCichorium intybus
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
SunflowerHelianthus annuus
Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Hooker's HebeVeronica brachysiphon
Ternate-leaved CinquefoilPotentilla norvegica
BorageBorago officinalis
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Musk Stork's-billErodium moschatum
Grey Field-speedwellVeronica polita
Garden LavenderLavandula angustifolia
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola
Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium
RowanSorbus aucuparia
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Box-leaved HoneysuckleLonicera pileata
Common CudweedFilago germanica
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Buckler-FernDryopteris
European LarchLarix decidua
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Leyland CypressCupressus macrocarpa x nootkatensis = C. x leylandii
SoapwortSaponaria officinalis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Andrew Abbott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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