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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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51.21119, -1.47827

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· PaidPlayground

Best for

9 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, Mallard, Moorhen +61 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Mallard, Moorhen +61 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, café, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, café

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Route 246

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Test WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 79Regional walking route

River Anton WayWalking route3.2 km

Named routeLength 3.2 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route

Route Andover 38dWalking route

Named routeRef Andover 38d

The Brenda Parker WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Borsberry Closepublic footpath · 93 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 93 mPath type: residential

Pelican Courtpublic footpath · 84 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 84 mSurface pavedPath type: service

🚴

Cycling

37 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Town centre to rail stationCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Charlton LakesCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

West AndoverCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Andover-MonxtonCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

AndoverCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Andover The Lakes cycle routeCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Vernham Dean Off-Road cycle trailMountain bike route

Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails

Wildlife to spot

103,313 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

103,313 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

winter

2026

Robin · Mallard · Mute Swan · Moorhen · Long-tailed Tit +45

RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
CootFulica atra2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
JackdawColoeus monedula
RedwingTurdus iliacus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Corvus frugilegus frugilegusCorvus frugilegus frugilegus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

103,313 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

winter

2026

Robin · Mallard · Mute Swan · Moorhen · Long-tailed Tit +45

RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
CootFulica atra2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
JackdawColoeus monedula
RedwingTurdus iliacus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Corvus frugilegus frugilegusCorvus frugilegus frugilegus2025

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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