Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.88324, -2.71809
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and House Sparrow
- ✦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
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and House Sparrow
- ✦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 — Blue Tit, House Sparrow, Blackbird +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, House Sparrow, Blackbird +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 22-spot Ladybird, 16-spot Ladybird, Rhyzobius litura +89 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cock's-foot, White Clover, Cow Parsley +67 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Mosses Trail PurpleWalking route3.6 km▾
Named routeLength 3.6 kmLocal walking route
Shropshire Way - Wem to WhitchurchWalking route25 km▾
Named routeRef ShW12aLength 25 kmRegional walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 11Walking route18.6 km▾
Named routeRef ShW11Length 18.6 kmLocal walking route
Mosses Trail YellowWalking route2.8 km▾
Named routeLength 2.8 kmLocal walking route
Mosses Trail GreenWalking route2.4 km▾
Named routeLength 2.4 kmLocal walking route
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
National Byway (Shropshire)Cycling route▾
National Byway route in Shropshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 455Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 455National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route883 m▾
Named routeRef 45Length 883 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 45Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 45Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
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Wildlife to spot
5,066 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,066 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
winterspring
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Canada Goose · Mallard · Coot · Woodpigeon +23
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- SwiftApus apus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
🐝Insects15 species
winterspring
2026▾
22-spot Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius litura · 7-spot Ladybird · 24-spot Ladybird +10
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- Coccidula rufaCoccidula rufa
Hogweed · Foxglove · Creeping Thistle · Hazel · White Clover +88
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- HazelCorylus avellana
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,066 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
winterspring
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Canada Goose · Mallard · Coot · Woodpigeon +23
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- SwiftApus apus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
🐝Insects15 species
winterspring
2026▾
22-spot Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius litura · 7-spot Ladybird · 24-spot Ladybird +10
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- Coccidula rufaCoccidula rufa
Hogweed · Foxglove · Creeping Thistle · Hazel · White Clover +88
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- HazelCorylus avellana
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas