Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.46562, -2.43685
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Carrion Crow
- ✦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
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Carrion Crow
- ✦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 — Chaffinch, Carrion Crow, Goldfinch +64 more · last seen 2024
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Carrion Crow, Goldfinch +64 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock +98 more · last seen 2019
Free
Grade II* listed building: Church of St Mary; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Dilated Scalewort, Blueish Veilwort, Forked Veilwort +31 more · last seen 2023
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Captain Geoffrey's Estate Walk, Dudmaston EstateWalking route6.5 km▾
The walk uses natural paths which can be muddy or slippery. Dogs are welcome.
Named routeLength 6.5 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route
Morfe Walk, Comer Woods, Dudmaston EstateWalking route6.1 km▾
All walks use natural paths which can be muddy or slippery. Dog friendly.
Named routeLength 6.1 kmDuration 02:00Round tripLocal walking route
Shropshire Way (Route 11, Link to Severn Way)Walking route14 km▾
Named routeLength 14 kmRegional walking route
The Highley TrailWalking route3.5 km▾
A short walk round the former mining village of Highley.
Named routeRef HTLength 3.5 kmLocal walking route
Explorer Trail, Comer Woods, Dudmaston EstateWalking route3.5 km▾
Some steep slopes. Dogs are welcome (on and off lead areas)
Named routeLength 3.5 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route129 m▾
Named routeRef 45Length 129 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route2.3 km▾
Named routeRef 45Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route54 m▾
Named routeRef 45Length 54 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route528 m▾
Named routeRef 45Length 528 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route472 m▾
Named routeRef 45Length 472 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Photos
Sepulchre at St. Mary's church (Billingsley)
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,252 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,252 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRaven · Yellowhammer · Chaffinch · Redstart · Blackcap +16
- RavenCorvus corax
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Muntjac · Fallow Deer · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
- Fallow DeerDama dama2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Blueish Veilwort · Red Campion · Foxglove · Downy Birch · Ground-elder +109
- Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea2021
- Red CampionSilene dioica2021
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2021
- Downy BirchBetula pubescens2021
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2021
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,252 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRaven · Yellowhammer · Chaffinch · Redstart · Blackcap +16
- RavenCorvus corax
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Muntjac · Fallow Deer · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
- Fallow DeerDama dama2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Blueish Veilwort · Red Campion · Foxglove · Downy Birch · Ground-elder +109
- Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea2021
- Red CampionSilene dioica2021
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2021
- Downy BirchBetula pubescens2021
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2021
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2021
2021
CleaversGalium aparine2021CleaversGalium aparine2021RamsonsAllium ursinum2021RamsonsAllium ursinum2021Even ScalewortRadula complanata2021Even ScalewortRadula complanata2021Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon2021Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon2021daffodilsNarcissus2021daffodilsNarcissus2021Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2021Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2021Bush VetchVicia sepium2021Bush VetchVicia sepium2021Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2021Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2021BeechFagus sylvatica2021BeechFagus sylvatica2021BlackthornPrunus spinosa2021BlackthornPrunus spinosa2021Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2021Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2021IvyHedera helix2021IvyHedera helix2021Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2021Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2021BrackenPteridium aquilinum2021BrackenPteridium aquilinum2021Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2021Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2021Soft-rushJuncus effusus2021Soft-rushJuncus effusus2021Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2021Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2021HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2021HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2021DandelionTaraxacum2021DandelionTaraxacum2021HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2021HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2021HawthornCrataegus monogyna2021HawthornCrataegus monogyna2021Red CurrantRibes rubrum2021Red CurrantRibes rubrum2021Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2021Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2021Common FleabanePulicaria dysentericaCommon FleabanePulicaria dysentericaNorway SprucePicea abies2021Norway SprucePicea abies2021Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2021Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2021SilverweedPotentilla anserina2021SilverweedPotentilla anserina2021TansyTanacetum vulgare2021TansyTanacetum vulgare2021AlderAlnus glutinosa2021AlderAlnus glutinosa2021White CloverTrifolium repens2021White CloverTrifolium repens2021Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2021Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2021Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2021Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2021YewTaxus baccata2021YewTaxus baccata2021RaspberryRubus idaeus2021RaspberryRubus idaeus2021CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2021CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2021Common NettleUrtica dioica2021Common NettleUrtica dioica2021Common CouchElymus repens2021Common CouchElymus repens2021Hard RushJuncus inflexus2021Hard RushJuncus inflexus2021ElderSambucus nigra2021ElderSambucus nigra2021Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2021Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2021Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2021Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2021Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2021Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2021Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus2021Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus2021Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2021Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2021Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2021Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2021Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2021Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2021Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2021Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2021Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2021Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2021Druce's Crane's-billGeranium endressii x versicolor = G. x oxonianum2021Druce's Crane's-billGeranium endressii x versicolor = G. x oxonianum2021Common PouchwortCalypogeia fissa2021Common PouchwortCalypogeia fissa2021Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2021Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2021Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2021Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2021Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2021Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2021Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2021Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2021SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2021SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2021Wood MelickMelica uniflora2021Wood MelickMelica uniflora2021Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2021Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2021Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2021Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2021Wych ElmUlmus glabra2021Wych ElmUlmus glabra2021Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2021Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2021Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2021Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2021Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2021Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2021Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2021Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2021MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2021MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2021HazelCorylus avellana2021HazelCorylus avellana2021Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2021Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2021HollyIlex aquifolium2021HollyIlex aquifolium2021Wood DockRumex sanguineus2021Wood DockRumex sanguineus2021Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2021Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2021Field-roseRosa arvensis2021Field-roseRosa arvensis2021Greater PlantainPlantago major2021Greater PlantainPlantago major2021Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2021Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2021Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2021Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2021Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2021Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2021Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2021Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2021SpindleEuonymus europaeus2021SpindleEuonymus europaeus2021Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2021Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2021PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2021PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2021Hop TrefoilTrifolium campestre2021Hop TrefoilTrifolium campestre2021Small TeaselDipsacus pilosus2021Small TeaselDipsacus pilosus2021Douglas FirPseudotsuga menziesii2021Douglas FirPseudotsuga menziesii2021Smooth BromeBromus racemosus2021Smooth BromeBromus racemosus2021AshFraxinus excelsior2021AshFraxinus excelsior2021BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2021BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2021Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2021Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2021Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2021Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2021Crab AppleMalus sylvestris2021Crab AppleMalus sylvestris2021Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2021Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2021Lesser BurdockArctium minus2021Lesser BurdockArctium minus2021BrambleRubus fruticosus2021BrambleRubus fruticosus2021Field MapleAcer campestre2021Field MapleAcer campestre2021Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2021Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2021Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2021Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2021Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2021Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2021Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2021Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2021NipplewortLapsana communis2021NipplewortLapsana communis2021False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2021False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2021Scots PinePinus sylvestris2021Scots PinePinus sylvestris2021Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2021Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2021Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2021Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2021Remote SedgeCarex remota2021Remote SedgeCarex remota2021Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2021Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2021Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2021Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2021Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2021Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2021GroundselSenecio vulgaris2021GroundselSenecio vulgaris2021Red CloverTrifolium pratense2021Red CloverTrifolium pratense2021Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2021Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2021Common BentAgrostis capillaris2021Common BentAgrostis capillaris2021Events & activities nearby
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