Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.80841, -2.74098
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝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 — Jackdaw, Robin, Woodpigeon +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Robin, Woodpigeon +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 24 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
River Parrett TrailWalking route80 km▾
Named routeRef RPTLength 80 kmRegional walking route
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
W21/58public footpath · 36 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 36 mSurface gravelPath type: service
W21/86public footpath · 88 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 88 mSurface grassPath type: footway
W21/69public footpath · 20 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 20 mSurface pavedPath type: footway
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
W21/59bridleway · 110 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 110 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
W21/68bridleway · 77 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 77 mPath type: service
W21/59bridleway · 533 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 533 mSurface grassPath type: bridleway
Furze Lane (W21/52)bridleway · 243 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 243 mPath type: track
Photos
Beaminster, St. Mary's Church: George Strode memorial by Scheemakers 1753 1
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Wildlife to spot
29,030 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
29,030 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Jackdaw · Goldfinch · Blackbird · Wren +33
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog · Fallow Deer · Bat · Grey Long-eared Bat
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- BatChiroptera2024
- Grey Long-eared BatPlecotus austriacus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects41 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Cockchafer · Meadow Brown · Limnephilus lunatus · Eristalis tenax · Swollen-thighed Beetle +36
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2023
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,030 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Jackdaw · Goldfinch · Blackbird · Wren +33
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog · Fallow Deer · Bat · Grey Long-eared Bat
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- BatChiroptera2024
- Grey Long-eared BatPlecotus austriacus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects41 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Cockchafer · Meadow Brown · Limnephilus lunatus · Eristalis tenax · Swollen-thighed Beetle +36
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2023
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas