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St Mary's Church

📷 Michael Garlick · 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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Swift, Woodcock, Barn Owl +32 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swift, Woodcock, Barn Owl +32 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Cowslip, Primrose, Dog's Mercury +101 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Cowslip, Primrose, Dog's Mercury +101 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — White Dead-nettle, Alexanders, Garlic Mustard +14 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Large White +41 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Large White +41 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Gipping Valley River PathWalking route

Named route

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Cycling

21 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 51Cycling route

Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network

Route 11BCycling route

Named routeRef 11BLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route982 m

Named routeRef 51Length 982 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route708 m

Named routeRef 51Length 708 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route563 m

Named routeRef 51Length 563 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose

Main RouteCycling route834 m

Named routeRef 51Length 834 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

6,127 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,127 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

spring

2025

Swift · Buzzard · Woodcock · Sparrowhawk · Barn Owl +33

SwiftApus apus2022
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Barn OwlTyto alba
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
MagpiePica pica2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
Great TitParus major2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2023
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Red KiteMilvus milvus2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2021
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021

🦌

Mammals4 species

springsummer

2023

Badger · Hedgehog · Fallow Deer · Red Fox

BadgerMeles meles
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Fallow DeerDama dama
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2024

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2024

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects44 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Small White · Large White · Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood +39

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2023
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2023
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2021
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2023
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2022
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2022
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2022
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2021
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024
Iris SawflyRhadinoceraea micans2024
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2023
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2022
CantharisCantharis2022
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2022
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2021
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2021
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2021
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2021
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021

🌿

Plants105 species

summer

2025

Cowslip · Primrose · Dog's Mercury · Yarrow · Sycamore +100

CowslipPrimula veris2024
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2024
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2023
YarrowAchillea millefolium2022
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2024
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2024
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2023
White ComfreySymphytum orientale2023
White Dead-nettleLamium album2023
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2023
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2023
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2022
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2022
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2022
YewTaxus baccata2022
HollyIlex aquifolium2022
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2022
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022
DandelionTaraxacum2022
CleaversGalium aparine2022
IvyHedera helix2022
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2022
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2022
ChicoryCichorium intybus2021
SpindleEuonymus europaeus2021
Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2024
Grass VetchlingLathyrus nissolia2024
Common ComfreySymphytum officinale2024
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2024
Common MilletPanicum miliaceum2023
Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalis2023
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2023
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2023
Pepper-saxifrageSilaum silaus2022
Yellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris2022
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2022
BulrushTypha latifolia2022
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2022
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022
SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia2022
LamiumLamium2022
OakQuercus2022
KnapweedCentaurea2022
BeechFagus sylvatica2022
Copper BeechFagus sylvatica group 'Atropurpurea'2022
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2022
ArumArum2022
DaisyBellis perennis2022
White CloverTrifolium repens2022
Oregon GrapeMahonia2022
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2022
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2022
Bird's-Foot-TrefoilLotus2022
ButtercupRanunculus2022
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2022
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2022
BuddlejaBuddleja2022
Common NettleUrtica dioica2022
Crane's-BillGeranium2022
LilacSyringa vulgaris2022
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022
PlantainPlantago2022
SpeedwellVeronica2022
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata2022
BuxusBuxus2022
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022
CherryPrunus2022
Black-poplarPopulus nigra2022
VioletViola2022
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2022
BrambleRubus fruticosus2022
Dog-roseRosa canina2022
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2022
DockRumex2022
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2022
AshFraxinus excelsior2022
PignutConopodium majus2022
Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus2022
Red CampionSilene dioica2022
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2022
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2022
SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata2022
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2022
Meadow SaxifrageSaxifraga granulata2022
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022
Peach-leaved BellflowerCampanula persicifolia2021
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2021
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2021
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2021
BroomCytisus scoparius2021
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2021
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2021
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2021
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2021
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2021
BuglossLycopsis arvensis2021
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2021
GorseUlex europaeus2021
SnowdropGalanthus2021

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,127 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

spring

2025

Swift · Buzzard · Woodcock · Sparrowhawk · Barn Owl +33

SwiftApus apus2022
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Barn OwlTyto alba
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
MagpiePica pica2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
Great TitParus major2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2023
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Red KiteMilvus milvus2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2021
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021

🦌

Mammals4 species

springsummer

2023

Badger · Hedgehog · Fallow Deer · Red Fox

BadgerMeles meles
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Fallow DeerDama dama
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2024

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2024

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects44 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Small White · Large White · Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood +39

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2023
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2023
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2021
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2023
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2022
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2022
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2022
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2021
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024
Iris SawflyRhadinoceraea micans2024
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2023
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2022
CantharisCantharis2022
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2022
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2021
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2021
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2021
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2021
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021

🌿

Plants105 species

summer

2025

Cowslip · Primrose · Dog's Mercury · Yarrow · Sycamore +100

CowslipPrimula veris2024
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2024
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2023
YarrowAchillea millefolium2022
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2024
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2024
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2023
White ComfreySymphytum orientale2023
White Dead-nettleLamium album2023
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2023
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2023
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2022
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2022
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2022
YewTaxus baccata2022
HollyIlex aquifolium2022
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2022
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022
DandelionTaraxacum2022
CleaversGalium aparine2022
IvyHedera helix2022
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2022
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2022
ChicoryCichorium intybus2021
SpindleEuonymus europaeus2021
Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2024
Grass VetchlingLathyrus nissolia2024
Common ComfreySymphytum officinale2024
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2024
Common MilletPanicum miliaceum2023
Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalis2023
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2023
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2023
Pepper-saxifrageSilaum silaus2022
Yellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris2022
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2022
BulrushTypha latifolia2022
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2022
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022
SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia2022
LamiumLamium2022
OakQuercus2022
KnapweedCentaurea2022
BeechFagus sylvatica2022
Copper BeechFagus sylvatica group 'Atropurpurea'2022
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2022
ArumArum2022
DaisyBellis perennis2022
White CloverTrifolium repens2022
Oregon GrapeMahonia2022
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2022
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2022
Bird's-Foot-TrefoilLotus2022
ButtercupRanunculus2022
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2022
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2022
BuddlejaBuddleja2022
Common NettleUrtica dioica2022
Crane's-BillGeranium2022
LilacSyringa vulgaris2022
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022
PlantainPlantago2022
SpeedwellVeronica2022
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata2022
BuxusBuxus2022
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022
CherryPrunus2022
Black-poplarPopulus nigra2022
VioletViola2022
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2022
BrambleRubus fruticosus2022
Dog-roseRosa canina2022
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2022
DockRumex2022
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2022
AshFraxinus excelsior2022
PignutConopodium majus2022
Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus2022
Red CampionSilene dioica2022
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2022
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2022
SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata2022
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2022
Meadow SaxifrageSaxifraga granulata2022
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022
Peach-leaved BellflowerCampanula persicifolia2021
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2021
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2021
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2021
BroomCytisus scoparius2021
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2021
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2021
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2021
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2021
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2021
BuglossLycopsis arvensis2021
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2021
GorseUlex europaeus2021
SnowdropGalanthus2021

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Michael Garlick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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