Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.86114, -2.49916
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Barn Owl, Blackbird, Robin +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
Mammals — Soprano Pipistrelle, Roe Deer, Grey Squirrel +12 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Broad-bodied Chaser, Willow Bean-galler, Common Blue Damselfly +11 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Williford Lanebridleway · 590 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 590 mPath type: track
Photos
Church of Saint Mary, Hermitage
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
6,739 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,739 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBarn Owl · Long-tailed Tit · Marsh Tit · Dunnock · Coal Tit +10
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles
Willow Bean-galler · Stag Beetle
- Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
Bluebell · Tufted Hair-grass · Wood Avens · Cleavers · Common Dog-violet +91
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,739 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBarn Owl · Long-tailed Tit · Marsh Tit · Dunnock · Coal Tit +10
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles
Willow Bean-galler · Stag Beetle
- Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
Bluebell · Tufted Hair-grass · Wood Avens · Cleavers · Common Dog-violet +91
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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