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St Mary's Church

📷 Jim Osley · 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

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +48 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +48 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Dog's Mercury, Ash, Pedunculate Oak +58 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Dog's Mercury, Ash, Pedunculate Oak +58 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Pedunculate Oak, Hogweed, Hazel +11 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — St Marks Fly, Speckled Bush-cricket, Dark-edged Bee-fly +17 more · last seen 2025; Insects — St Marks Fly, Speckled Bush-cricket, Dark-edged Bee-fly +17 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

London to Walsingham - stage 03Walking route

Named routeRef LW03Local walking route

Turpin's Trail 1Walking route

Third of three linked circular walks around the birthplace of Dick Turpin, Highwayman

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Harcamlow WayWalking route

Named routeRef HARRegional walking route

London to Walsingham - stage 04Walking route

Named routeRef LW04Local walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Regional Route 50Cycling route

Named routeRef 50Regional cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

Chickney Lanebyway open to all traffic · 100 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 100 mSurface pavedPath type: track

Chickney Lanebyway open to all traffic · 1.3 km

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 1.3 kmSurface dirtPath type: track

Chickney Lanebyway open to all traffic · 210 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 210 mSurface pavedPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

2,420 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,420 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

winterspring

2025

Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird +36

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
MagpiePica pica
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Barn OwlTyto alba
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
RookCorvus frugilegus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
Little OwlAthene noctua2022
WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
SwiftApus apus2022
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022

🦌

Mammals6 species

winter

2026

Stoat · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Brown Hare · Red Fox +1

StoatMustela erminea
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
MoleTalpa europaea2023
Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
BarbastelleBarbastella barbastellus2022

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2023

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects9 species

summerautumn

2025

Speckled Bush-cricket · Lesser Stag Beetle · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Wool Carder Bee · Endomychus coccineus +4

Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2024
Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus2023
Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2023
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2022
Tiger CraneflyNephrotoma flavescens2022
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2022

🌿

Plants42 species

winterspring

2024

Ash · Pedunculate Oak · Holly · Lords-and-Ladies · Dog's Mercury +37

AshFraxinus excelsior
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
HollyIlex aquifolium
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
HazelCorylus avellana
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
CleaversGalium aparine2023
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023
YarrowAchillea millefolium2023
White Dead-nettleLamium album2023
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2023
Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Field MapleAcer campestre2023
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2023
SpindleEuonymus europaeus2023
IvyHedera helix2023
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2023
ElderSambucus nigra2023
BrambleRubus fruticosus2023
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2022
Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare2022
Black BryonyTamus communis2022
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2022
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
DaisyBellis perennis2022
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2022
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2022
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2022
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2022
CowslipPrimula veris2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,420 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

winterspring

2025

Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird +36

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
MagpiePica pica
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Barn OwlTyto alba
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
RookCorvus frugilegus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
Little OwlAthene noctua2022
WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
SwiftApus apus2022
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022

🦌

Mammals6 species

winter

2026

Stoat · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Brown Hare · Red Fox +1

StoatMustela erminea
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
MoleTalpa europaea2023
Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
BarbastelleBarbastella barbastellus2022

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2023

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects9 species

summerautumn

2025

Speckled Bush-cricket · Lesser Stag Beetle · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Wool Carder Bee · Endomychus coccineus +4

Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2024
Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus2023
Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2023
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2022
Tiger CraneflyNephrotoma flavescens2022
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2022

🌿

Plants42 species

winterspring

2024

Ash · Pedunculate Oak · Holly · Lords-and-Ladies · Dog's Mercury +37

AshFraxinus excelsior
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
HollyIlex aquifolium
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
HazelCorylus avellana
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
CleaversGalium aparine2023
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023
YarrowAchillea millefolium2023
White Dead-nettleLamium album2023
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2023
Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Field MapleAcer campestre2023
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2023
SpindleEuonymus europaeus2023
IvyHedera helix2023
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2023
ElderSambucus nigra2023
BrambleRubus fruticosus2023
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2022
Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare2022
Black BryonyTamus communis2022
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2022
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
DaisyBellis perennis2022
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2022
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2022
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2022
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2022
CowslipPrimula veris2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jim Osley · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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