🐦43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Goldcrest
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Cafe Blend — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Goldcrest
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Cafe Blend — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
Best for
12 activities
🦅
Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Goldcrest, Great Tit +40 more · last seen 2025; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Hedgehog, Red Fox, Common Shrew +14 more · last seen 2025; Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
✦
Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY AND ST NICHOLAS; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🧺
Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Glow-worm, Common Carder Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee +86 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝
Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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6 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Avon Valley PathWalking route55 km▾
Named routeRef AVPLength 55 kmRegional walking route
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Clarendon WayWalking route▾
Winchester to Salisbury
Named routeRegional walking route
Old Sarum WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cranborne Droves WayWalking route▾
The route of the Cranborne Droves Way walkers route between Win Green where it links with Wessex Ridgeway and Salisbury where it links with the Sarsen Way
Named routeRegional walking route
🚴
Cycling
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74 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km▾
Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
Route 24Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 24National Cycle Network
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
The Golden WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Wiltshire Cycleway New Forest LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
🚵
Mountain biking
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4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 45 linkMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
King Alfred's WayMountain bike route▾
King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.
Named routeRegional cycle route
Cranborne Droves Way TrailMountain bike route▾
Named route
NCN 45 linkMountain bike route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
🐴
Horse riding
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1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.