Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.26473, 1.00763
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
- ✦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 — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly +16 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Lesser Celandine, White Dead-nettle, Primrose +17 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Mid Suffolk FootpathWalking route34.6 km▾
Named routeLength 34.6 kmRegional walking route
Middy Railway FootpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Gislingham Circular Walk 2 (Pink)Walking route▾
Named routeRef GW2Local walking route
Gislingham Circular Walk 1 (Blue)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Finningham Lanebridleway · 213 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 213 mPath type: bridleway
Finningham Lanebridleway · 254 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 254 mPath type: track
Finningham Lanebridleway · 22 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 22 mPath type: service
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
12,844 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,844 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds3 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Moorhen · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Herring Gull
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects70 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Delia platura · Smittia · Cecidomyiidae · Helina impuncta · Bradysia urticae +65
- Delia platuraDelia platura
- SmittiaSmittia
- CecidomyiidaeCecidomyiidae
- Helina impunctaHelina impuncta
- Bradysia urticaeBradysia urticae
- Anthomyia pluvialisAnthomyia pluvialis
- Sarcophaga
Lesser Celandine · White Dead-nettle · Primrose · Perennial Sow-thistle
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,844 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds3 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Moorhen · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Herring Gull
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects70 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Delia platura · Smittia · Cecidomyiidae · Helina impuncta · Bradysia urticae +65
- Delia platuraDelia platura
- SmittiaSmittia
- CecidomyiidaeCecidomyiidae
- Helina impunctaHelina impuncta
- Bradysia urticaeBradysia urticae
- Anthomyia pluvialisAnthomyia pluvialis
- Sarcophaga
Lesser Celandine · White Dead-nettle · Primrose · Perennial Sow-thistle
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sarcophaga
Sarcophaga
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