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St Mary's Church

📷 AJD · 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
🅿️Normanton Car Park 263m away — 8 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
🅿️Normanton Car Park 263m away — 8 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Great Black-backed Gull, Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe +81 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Great Black-backed Gull, Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe +81 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Plain Earthtongue · last seen 2025; Fungi — Plain Earthtongue · last seen 2025

Varies

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: National Byway (Rutland)

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Polypodium vulgare, Wall-rue · last seen 2026; Plants — Polypodium vulgare, Wall-rue · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Jurassic WayWalking route142 km

Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route

Macmillan WayWalking route290 km

Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route

Rutland RoundWalking route105 km

Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route

Hereward WayWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route

National Byway in Rutland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

National Byway (Oakham Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Route 63Cycling route

Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network

Rutland Water CircuitCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route890 m

Named routeRef 63Length 890 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route2.4 km

Named routeRef 63Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

33,749 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

33,749 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds43 species

autumnwinter

2025

Cormorant · Great Crested Grebe · Mute Swan · Great Black-backed Gull · Black-headed Gull +38

CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Common GullLarus canus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
JackdawColoeus monedula
MagpiePica pica
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
RobinErithacus rubecula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GoosanderMergus merganser
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RookCorvus frugilegus
CootFulica atra
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
RavenCorvus corax
GreenfinchChloris chloris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2026

Polypodium vulgare · Wall-rue

Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

33,749 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds43 species

autumnwinter

2025

Cormorant · Great Crested Grebe · Mute Swan · Great Black-backed Gull · Black-headed Gull +38

CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Common GullLarus canus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
JackdawColoeus monedula
MagpiePica pica
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
RobinErithacus rubecula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GoosanderMergus merganser
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RookCorvus frugilegus
CootFulica atra
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
RavenCorvus corax
GreenfinchChloris chloris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2026

Polypodium vulgare · Wall-rue

Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 AJD · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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