Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.30496, 1.04379
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Blackbird +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Blackbird +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Blackthorn, Traveller's-joy, Lady's Bedstraw +118 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Mid Suffolk FootpathWalking route34.6 km▾
Named routeLength 34.6 kmRegional walking route
Wortham & Burgate WalksWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Saint Botolph's WayWalking route10 km▾
Named routeLength 10 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Gislingham Circular Walk 2 (Pink)Walking route▾
Named routeRef GW2Local walking route
Gislingham Circular Walk 1 (Blue)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Rivers Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 30Regional cycle route
Wolf WayCycling route400 km▾
Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Regional Cycle Route 30Cycling route373 km▾
Named routeRef 30Length 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route573 m▾
Named routeRef 30Length 573 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route448 m▾
Named routeRef 30Length 448 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 30Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Gislingham, St. Mary's Church: False double hammerbeam nave roof
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Wildlife to spot
8,143 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,143 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Wren · Chaffinch +19
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Lesser Stag Beetle · Syrphus · Cercopis vulnerata · Four-spotted Chaser
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
🌿Plants14 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackthorn · Lady's Bedstraw · Traveller's-joy · Common Vetch · Tufted Vetch +9
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- Common VetchVicia sativa
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
- Hoary Ragwort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,143 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Wren · Chaffinch +19
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Lesser Stag Beetle · Syrphus · Cercopis vulnerata · Four-spotted Chaser
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
🌿Plants14 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackthorn · Lady's Bedstraw · Traveller's-joy · Common Vetch · Tufted Vetch +9
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- Common VetchVicia sativa
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
- Hoary Ragwort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Jacobaea erucifolia
Jacobaea erucifolia
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensisSmooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensisGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysCut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridumCut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridumEarly Dog-violetViola reichenbachianaEarly Dog-violetViola reichenbachianaRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumIvy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifoliaIvy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifoliaPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgaris