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St Mary's Church

📷 Basher Eyre · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 10 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 10 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +64 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +64 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird, Batman Hoverfly +32 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird, Batman Hoverfly +32 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Stone Parsley · last seen 2025; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Stone Parsley · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Moderate match

Religious grounds — local heritage

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

16 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LOOP link to Ewell West stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

LOOP link to Kingston stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Thames PathWalking route296 km

Named routeRef TPLength 296 kmNational walking route

link to Beverley Brook WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Beverley Brook WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

88 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 4Cycling route

Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network

LCN 31Cycling route

Named routeRef 31Local cycle route

Cycleway 31Cycling route

Named routeRef C31Regional cycle route

Cycleway 29Cycling route

Named routeRef C29Regional cycle route

LCN 31Cycling route

Named routeRef 31Local cycle route

Cycleway 29Cycling route

Named routeRef C29Regional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

24,631 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

24,631 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

winter

2026

Blue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird +31

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
DunnockPrunella modularis
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RavenCorvus corax2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects7 species

spring

2026

Syrphus · Green Shieldbug · Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee +2

SyrphusSyrphus
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
Meliscaeva auricollis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

24,631 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

winter

2026

Blue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird +31

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
DunnockPrunella modularis
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RavenCorvus corax2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects7 species

spring

2026

Syrphus · Green Shieldbug · Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee +2

SyrphusSyrphus
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
Meliscaeva auricollis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Basher Eyre · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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