Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.30059, 1.08424
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 246m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 246m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Blackbird +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Blackbird +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Mid Suffolk FootpathWalking route34.6 km▾
Named routeLength 34.6 kmRegional walking route
Wortham & Burgate WalksWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Saint Botolph's WayWalking route10 km▾
Named routeLength 10 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Gislingham Circular Walk 2 (Pink)Walking route▾
Named routeRef GW2Local walking route
Gislingham Circular Walk 1 (Blue)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Gull Lanepublic footpath · 7 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 7 mSurface grassPath type: track
Gull Lanepublic footpath · 7 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 7 mSurface grassPath type: track
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Rivers Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 30Regional cycle route
Heart of Suffolk RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef HoSRRegional cycle route
Wolf WayCycling route400 km▾
Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Regional Cycle Route 30Cycling route373 km▾
Named routeRef 30Length 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 40Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route448 m▾
Named routeRef 30Length 448 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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St Mary Magdalene's church, Thornham Magna
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4,007 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
4,007 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Wren · Blackbird · Chaffinch +18
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Muntjac
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Glow-worm
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Common Millet · Traveller's-joy · Lords-and-Ladies · Common Vetch · Tufted Vetch +5
- Common MilletPanicum miliaceum
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Common VetchVicia sativa
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,007 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Wren · Blackbird · Chaffinch +18
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Muntjac
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Glow-worm
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Common Millet · Traveller's-joy · Lords-and-Ladies · Common Vetch · Tufted Vetch +5
- Common MilletPanicum miliaceum
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Common VetchVicia sativa
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifoliaHoary RagwortJacobaea erucifoliaSmooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensisSmooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennis