Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.81131, 0.74905
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Exchange — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Exchange — 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, Robin, Blackbird +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Large White, Small White +114 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 public paths nearby
Public paths
Cherry Chasepublic footpath · 240 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 240 mPath type: residential
St Luke's Chasepublic footpath · 53 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 53 mPath type: footway
Gorse Lanepublic footpath · 155 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 155 mPath type: service
31 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
NCN Link PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef (16)National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United KingdomCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route352 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 352 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Pennsylvania Lanerestricted byway · 182 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 182 mSurface pavedPath type: service
Pennsylvania Lanerestricted byway · 107 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 107 mSurface pavedPath type: service
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St Luke's Church, Tiptree, Essex
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Wildlife to spot
12,451 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,451 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Carrion Crow +27
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwiftApus apus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Small Black Ant · Sphaerophoria · 22-spot Ladybird +47
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Small Black AntLasius niger
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Adonis' Ladybird
Giant Blackberry
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,451 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Carrion Crow +27
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwiftApus apus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Small Black Ant · Sphaerophoria · 22-spot Ladybird +47
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Small Black AntLasius niger
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Adonis' Ladybird
Giant Blackberry
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hippodamia variegata
Hippodamia variegata
PlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusOpomyzaOpomyzaOpomyzaOpomyzaDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaMyrmicaMyrmicaMyrmicaMyrmicaDusky AntFormica fuscaDusky AntFormica fuscaMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataAbax parallelusAbax parallelusAbax parallelusAbax parallelusJuniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatusJuniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatusEristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneusCalathus fuscipesCalathus fuscipesCalathus fuscipesCalathus fuscipesBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxYellow Meadow AntLasius flavusYellow Meadow AntLasius flavusIndet. LadybirdCoccinellidaeIndet. LadybirdCoccinellidaeEpisyrphusEpisyrphusEpisyrphusEpisyrphusGraphomya maculataGraphomya maculataGraphomya maculataGraphomya maculataSarcophagidaeSarcophagidaeSarcophagidaeSarcophagidaeDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraPhaoniaPhaoniaPhaoniaPhaoniaSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensAmaraAmaraAmaraAmaraHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusMeiosimyzaMeiosimyzaMeiosimyzaMeiosimyzaLasiusLasiusLasiusLasiusSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaElaphrusElaphrusElaphrusElaphrusFirebugPyrrhocoris apterusFirebugPyrrhocoris apterusSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaKidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatusKidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatusJet AntLasius fuliginosusJet AntLasius fuliginosusScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriMilichiidaeMilichiidaeMilichiidaeMilichiidaeCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumSmall Fleck-winged SnipeflyRhagio lineolaSmall Fleck-winged SnipeflyRhagio lineola2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisEuscelis incisusEuscelis incisusEuscelis incisusEuscelis incisusEupteryxEupteryxEupteryxEupteryx