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St Mary's Church

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

52.52062, -3.00939

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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

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Pheasant +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Pheasant +66 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Red-Line Quaker, Yellow-Line Quaker, Chestnut +103 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red-Line Quaker, Yellow-Line Quaker, Chestnut +103 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Knapweed, Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum, Rosebay Willowherb +168 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Knapweed, Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum, Rosebay Willowherb +168 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Meadowsweet, Blackthorn, Hogweed +20 more foraging species

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Middle Woodbatch CircularWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Shropshire Way - stage 02Walking route19.1 km

Named routeRef ShW02Length 19.1 kmLocal walking route

Shropshire Way - stage 03Walking route18.1 km

Named routeRef ShW03Length 18.1 kmLocal walking route

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Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 44Cycling route

Named routeRef 44National Cycle Network

National Byway (Herefordshire)Cycling route

National Byway in Herefordshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route4.5 km

Named routeRef 44Length 4.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route3.5 km

Named routeRef 44Length 3.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route2 km

Named routeRef 44Length 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route11.6 km

Named routeRef 44Length 11.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

10,921 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,921 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds3 species

spring

2025

Red-legged Partridge · Willow Warbler · Buzzard

Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
BuzzardButeo buteo

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterspring

2025

Muntjac · Red Fox

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects23 species

winter

2025

Scathophaga stercoraria · Scaptomyza pallida · Opetia nigra · Clinocera stagnalis · Crossopalpus nigritellus +18

Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Scaptomyza pallidaScaptomyza pallida
Opetia nigraOpetia nigra
Clinocera stagnalisClinocera stagnalis
Crossopalpus nigritellusCrossopalpus nigritellus
Dryope flaveolaDryope flaveola
Crumomyia roseriiCrumomyia roserii
Sepsis fulgensSepsis fulgens
Crumomyia fimetariaCrumomyia fimetaria
Campsicnemus curvipesCampsicnemus curvipes
Pteremis fenestralisPteremis fenestralis
DolichocephalaDolichocephala
Copromyza stercorariaCopromyza stercoraria
Lotophila atraLotophila atra
Leptocera fontinalisLeptocera fontinalis
Pseudocollinella humidaPseudocollinella humida
Campsicnemus loripesCampsicnemus loripes
Spelobia clunipesSpelobia clunipes
Minilimosina vitripennisMinilimosina vitripennis
Eulimosina ochripesEulimosina ochripes
Geomyza tripunctataGeomyza tripunctata
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2024

🌿

Plants119 species

summer

2025

Elder · Rosebay Willowherb · Ivy · Cock's-foot · Hawthorn +114

ElderSambucus nigra2024
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
IvyHedera helix2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2024
HollyIlex aquifolium2024
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024
AshFraxinus excelsior2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2024
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
Sessile OakQuercus petraea2024
Field MapleAcer campestre2024
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024
Curled DockRumex crispus2024
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2024
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2024
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2024
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
MistletoeViscum album
OatAvena sativa2024
Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon2024
Russian-vineFallopia baldschuanica2024
Common VetchVicia sativa2024
RowanSorbus aucuparia2024
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2024
Toad RushJuncus bufonius2024
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024
Downy BirchBetula pubescens2024
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2024
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024
Herb-ParisParis quadrifolia2024
Bush VetchVicia sepium2024
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Wood MelickMelica uniflora2024
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Dog-roseRosa canina2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024
TimothyPhleum pratense2024
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2024
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa2024
Rye BromeBromus secalinus2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
BroomCytisus scoparius2024
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2024
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2024
LaurustinusViburnum tinus2024
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2024
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana2024
Common DuckweedLemna minor2024
Sherard's Downy-roseRosa sherardii2024
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2024
Wild CherryPrunus avium2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2024
RaspberryRubus idaeus2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024
Hybrid OakQuercus petraea x robur = Q. x rosacea2024
Thin-spiked Wood-sedgeCarex strigosa2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2024
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2024
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2024
Douglas FirPseudotsuga menziesii2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024
AlderAlnus glutinosa2024
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2024
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2024
HazelCorylus avellana2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2024
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024
Red FescueFestuca rubra2024
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2024
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2024
Silver BirchBetula pendula2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,921 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds3 species

spring

2025

Red-legged Partridge · Willow Warbler · Buzzard

Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
BuzzardButeo buteo

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterspring

2025

Muntjac · Red Fox

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects23 species

winter

2025

Scathophaga stercoraria · Scaptomyza pallida · Opetia nigra · Clinocera stagnalis · Crossopalpus nigritellus +18

Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Scaptomyza pallidaScaptomyza pallida
Opetia nigraOpetia nigra
Clinocera stagnalisClinocera stagnalis
Crossopalpus nigritellusCrossopalpus nigritellus
Dryope flaveolaDryope flaveola
Crumomyia roseriiCrumomyia roserii
Sepsis fulgensSepsis fulgens
Crumomyia fimetariaCrumomyia fimetaria
Campsicnemus curvipesCampsicnemus curvipes
Pteremis fenestralisPteremis fenestralis
DolichocephalaDolichocephala
Copromyza stercorariaCopromyza stercoraria
Lotophila atraLotophila atra
Leptocera fontinalisLeptocera fontinalis
Pseudocollinella humidaPseudocollinella humida
Campsicnemus loripesCampsicnemus loripes
Spelobia clunipesSpelobia clunipes
Minilimosina vitripennisMinilimosina vitripennis
Eulimosina ochripesEulimosina ochripes
Geomyza tripunctataGeomyza tripunctata
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2024

🌿

Plants119 species

summer

2025

Elder · Rosebay Willowherb · Ivy · Cock's-foot · Hawthorn +114

ElderSambucus nigra2024
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
IvyHedera helix2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2024
HollyIlex aquifolium2024
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024
AshFraxinus excelsior2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2024
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
Sessile OakQuercus petraea2024
Field MapleAcer campestre2024
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024
Curled DockRumex crispus2024
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2024
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2024
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2024
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
MistletoeViscum album
OatAvena sativa2024
Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon2024
Russian-vineFallopia baldschuanica2024
Common VetchVicia sativa2024
RowanSorbus aucuparia2024
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2024
Toad RushJuncus bufonius2024
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024
Downy BirchBetula pubescens2024
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2024
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024
Herb-ParisParis quadrifolia2024
Bush VetchVicia sepium2024
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Wood MelickMelica uniflora2024
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Dog-roseRosa canina2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024
TimothyPhleum pratense2024
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2024
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa2024
Rye BromeBromus secalinus2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
BroomCytisus scoparius2024
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2024
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2024
LaurustinusViburnum tinus2024
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2024
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana2024
Common DuckweedLemna minor2024
Sherard's Downy-roseRosa sherardii2024
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2024
Wild CherryPrunus avium2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2024
RaspberryRubus idaeus2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024
Hybrid OakQuercus petraea x robur = Q. x rosacea2024
Thin-spiked Wood-sedgeCarex strigosa2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2024
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2024
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2024
Douglas FirPseudotsuga menziesii2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024
AlderAlnus glutinosa2024
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2024
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2024
HazelCorylus avellana2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2024
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024
Red FescueFestuca rubra2024
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2024
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2024
Silver BirchBetula pendula2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024