Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.51123, -0.83108
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 242m 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 Jackdaw and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 242m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Robin, Chaffinch +45 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, Chaffinch +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Melanelixia subaurifera, Verrucaria, Lepra amara +83 more · last seen 2015
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Small White, Large Red Damselfly +34 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 64Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route101 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 101 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.4 km▾
Named routeRef 64Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route530 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 530 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Ashley, with St Mary's church in the distance
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,139 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,139 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLittle Egret
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Obolodiplosis robiniae
- Obolodiplosis robiniaeObolodiplosis robiniae
🌿Plants146 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hogweed · Dandelion · Black Medick · Cleavers · Creeping Cinquefoil +141
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,139 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLittle Egret
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Obolodiplosis robiniae
- Obolodiplosis robiniaeObolodiplosis robiniae
🌿Plants146 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hogweed · Dandelion · Black Medick · Cleavers · Creeping Cinquefoil +141
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Black Bryony
Black Bryony
Tamus communis
Tamus communis
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumFat-henChenopodium albumFat-henChenopodium albumCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon PoppyPapaver rhoeasCommon PoppyPapaver rhoeasHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperField MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestreBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraPolygonum avicularePolygonum avicularePolygonum avicularePolygonum aviculareBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumMouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarumMouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarumCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisCommon VetchVicia sativaCommon VetchVicia sativaPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisHoary PlantainPlantago mediaHoary PlantainPlantago mediaWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysHorse-radishArmoracia rusticanaHorse-radishArmoracia rusticanaSpear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrataSpear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrataCommon OracheAtriplex patulaCommon OracheAtriplex patulaCommon CouchElymus repensCommon CouchElymus repensYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisSilverweedPotentilla anserinaSilverweedPotentilla anserinaGoat WillowSalix capreaGoat WillowSalix capreaWood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejosWood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejosBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBread WheatTriticum aestivumBread WheatTriticum aestivumElmUlmusElmUlmusFestuca rubraFestuca rubraFestuca rubraFestuca rubraWelted ThistleCarduus crispusWelted ThistleCarduus crispusHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSwine-cressLepidium coronopusSwine-cressLepidium coronopusCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaRough Meadow-grassPoa trivialisRough Meadow-grassPoa trivialisLarge BindweedCalystegia silvaticaLarge BindweedCalystegia silvaticaRussian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicumRussian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicumRedshankPersicaria maculosaRedshankPersicaria maculosaCurled DockRumex crispusCurled DockRumex crispusRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaPerennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensisPerennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensisPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneOil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleiferaOil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleiferaOatAvena sativaOatAvena sativaScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumMugwortArtemisia vulgarisMugwortArtemisia vulgarisCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataScented MayweedMatricaria chamomillaScented MayweedMatricaria chamomillaClustered DockRumex conglomeratusClustered DockRumex conglomeratusPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaSmall-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillumSmall-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillumRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseSnapdragonAntirrhinum majusSnapdragonAntirrhinum majusWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumWoodruffGalium odoratumWoodruffGalium odoratumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLady's BedstrawGalium verumLady's BedstrawGalium verumReflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestreReflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestreGreater CelandineChelidonium majusGreater CelandineChelidonium majusCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaGreat MulleinVerbascum thapsusGreat MulleinVerbascum thapsusPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusDove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molleDove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molleRed ValerianCentranthus ruberRed ValerianCentranthus ruberCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisFeverfewTanacetum partheniumFeverfewTanacetum partheniumGreater PeriwinkleVinca majorGreater PeriwinkleVinca majorCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensWall BarleyHordeum murinumWall BarleyHordeum murinumCreeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorumCreeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorumWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumWood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvaticaWood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvaticaIvy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifoliaIvy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifoliaSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisDwarf MallowMalva neglectaDwarf MallowMalva neglectaCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumAubretiaAubrieta deltoideaAubretiaAubrieta deltoideaFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumFalse-acaciaRobinia pseudoacaciaFalse-acaciaRobinia pseudoacaciaCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisSweet VioletViola odorataSweet VioletViola odorataBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisEuphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiaeEuphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiaeEuphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiaeEuphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiaeHedge BindweedCalystegia sepiumHedge BindweedCalystegia sepiumIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisOpium PoppyPapaver somniferumOpium PoppyPapaver somniferumCommon WhitlowgrassErophila vernaCommon WhitlowgrassErophila vernaPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensYellow CorydalisPseudofumaria luteaYellow CorydalisPseudofumaria luteaPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisWild StrawberryFragaria vescaWild StrawberryFragaria vescaBalkan SpurgeEuphorbia oblongataBalkan SpurgeEuphorbia oblongataSticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratumSticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratumSquare-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonumSquare-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonumGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisHonestyLunaria annuaHonestyLunaria annuaFew-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxumFew-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxumGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaTutsanHypericum androsaemumTutsanHypericum androsaemumSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformisSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformisValerianellaValerianellaValerianellaValerianellaHedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicumHedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicumLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaSnowberrySymphoricarpos albusSnowberrySymphoricarpos albusEvents & activities nearby
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