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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.87199, -2.45594
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- ✦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
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- ✦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 — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small White +32 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
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
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Locks Lanebridleway · 281 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 281 mPath type: unclassified
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Benchmark on St Mary the Virgin Church, Glanvilles Wootton
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Wildlife to spot
4,248 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
4,248 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Jackdaw · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Wren · Robin +22
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Willow Bean-galler
- Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
Wood Avens · Pendulous Sedge · Cleavers · Common Dog-violet · Herb-Robert +80
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
- Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,248 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Jackdaw · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Wren · Robin +22
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Willow Bean-galler
- Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
Wood Avens · Pendulous Sedge · Cleavers · Common Dog-violet · Herb-Robert +80
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
- Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumField-roseRosa arvensisField-roseRosa arvensisBugleAjuga reptansBugleAjuga reptansBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaRemote SedgeCarex remotaRemote SedgeCarex remotaGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisCompact RushJuncus conglomeratusCompact RushJuncus conglomeratusGoat WillowSalix capreaGoat WillowSalix capreaBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumYellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorumYellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorumYellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolonYellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolonWood-sorrelOxalis acetosellaWood-sorrelOxalis acetosellaField MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestreWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilisBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilisAlderAlnus glutinosaAlderAlnus glutinosaFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburWood SpeedwellVeronica montanaWood SpeedwellVeronica montanaHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumWood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralisWood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralisLesser BurdockArctium minusLesser BurdockArctium minusElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaEarly Dog-violetViola reichenbachianaEarly Dog-violetViola reichenbachianaBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataHedera helixHedera helixHedera helixHedera helixDogwoodCornus sanguineaDogwoodCornus sanguineaAspenPopulus tremulaAspenPopulus tremulaSlender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrumSlender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrumMale-fernDryopteris filix-masMale-fernDryopteris filix-masSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisBetonyBetonica officinalisBetonyBetonica officinalisPignutConopodium majusPignutConopodium majusRough Meadow-grassPoa trivialisRough Meadow-grassPoa trivialisCommon ValerianValeriana officinalisCommon ValerianValeriana officinalisCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon TwaybladeNeottia ovataCommon TwaybladeNeottia ovataSilver BirchBetula pendulaSilver BirchBetula pendulaTormentilPotentilla erectaTormentilPotentilla erectaFlowering CurrantRibes sanguineumFlowering CurrantRibes sanguineumRamsonsAllium ursinumRamsonsAllium ursinumPale SedgeCarex pallescensPale SedgeCarex pallescensWater FigwortScrophularia auriculataWater FigwortScrophularia auriculataRagged-RobinSilene flos-cuculiRagged-RobinSilene flos-cuculiLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumHeath SpeedwellVeronica officinalisHeath SpeedwellVeronica officinalisWood-sedgeCarex sylvaticaWood-sedgeCarex sylvaticaAgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoriaAgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoriaPolypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgareGorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusCrack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilisCrack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaMoschatelAdoxa moschatellinaMoschatelAdoxa moschatellinaNorway SprucePicea abiesNorway SprucePicea abiesTurkey OakQuercus cerrisTurkey OakQuercus cerrisThin-spiked Wood-sedgeCarex strigosaThin-spiked Wood-sedgeCarex strigosaNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisItalian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicumItalian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicumRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisCommon VetchVicia sativa subsp. segetalisCommon VetchVicia sativa subsp. segetalisCommon SallowSalix cinereaCommon SallowSalix cinereaGreater BurdockArctium lappaGreater BurdockArctium lappaScaly Male-fernDryopteris affinisScaly Male-fernDryopteris affinisFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaBlack BryonyTamus communisBlack BryonyTamus communisEvents & activities nearby
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