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Getting here
54.78497, -3.34562
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Barn Owl
- ⛪Churchyard walks 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
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Barn Owl
- ⛪Churchyard walks is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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 — Great Tit, Barn Owl, Blackbird +79 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Great Tit, Barn Owl, Blackbird +79 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Wall +92 more · last seen 2023
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Snowdrop, Himalayan Balsam, Elder +1 more · last seen 2022
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
King Charles III England Coast Path: Gretna to AllonbyWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.8 km▾
Named routeRef 72Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 72Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-free
Main RouteCycling route415 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 415 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 72Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-free
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Wildlife to spot
5,147 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,147 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Barn Owl · Chaffinch
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Greater Plantain · Broad-leaved Dock · Common Mouse-ear · Foxglove · Polygonum aviculare +157
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
- Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2024
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,147 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Barn Owl · Chaffinch
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Greater Plantain · Broad-leaved Dock · Common Mouse-ear · Foxglove · Polygonum aviculare +157
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
- Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2024
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024DandelionTaraxacum2024DandelionTaraxacum2024Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2024Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2024ElderSambucus nigra2024ElderSambucus nigra2024Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2024Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2024Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Rosa caninaRosa canina2024Rosa caninaRosa canina2024Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2024Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2024Wild CherryPrunus avium2024Wild CherryPrunus avium2024IvyHedera helix2024IvyHedera helix2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2024PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024CleaversGalium aparine2024CleaversGalium aparine2024MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024SnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisGalanthus nivalis f. pleniflorusGalanthus nivalis f. pleniflorusGalanthus nivalis f. pleniflorusGalanthus nivalis f. pleniflorusBiting StonecropSedum acre2024Biting StonecropSedum acre2024Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2024Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2024Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2024Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2024Common VetchVicia sativa2024Common VetchVicia sativa2024False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024Oval SedgeCarex leporina2024Oval SedgeCarex leporina2024Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2024Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2024Bush VetchVicia sepium2024Bush VetchVicia sepium2024GorseUlex europaeus2024GorseUlex europaeus2024Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2024Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2024Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2024Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2024Red CampionSilene dioica2024Red CampionSilene dioica2024Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2024Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2024Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2024Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2024MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2024MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2024Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024WatercressNasturtium officinale2024WatercressNasturtium officinale2024PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Scentless Mayweed agg.Tripleurospermum maritimum2024Scentless Mayweed agg.Tripleurospermum maritimum2024Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2024Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2024Field PansyViola arvensis2024Field PansyViola arvensis2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2024Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2024BroomCytisus scoparius2024BroomCytisus scoparius2024Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2024Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2024Calystegia sepiumCalystegia sepium2024Calystegia sepiumCalystegia sepium2024OrpineHylotelephium telephium2024OrpineHylotelephium telephium2024Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2024Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2024Downy BirchBetula pubescens2024Downy BirchBetula pubescens2024Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2024Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2024Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata2024Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata2024AshFraxinus excelsior2024AshFraxinus excelsior2024TormentilPotentilla erecta2024TormentilPotentilla erecta2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2024BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2024BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024Common SallowSalix cinerea2024Common SallowSalix cinerea2024Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2024Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2024Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024Common CouchElymus repens2024Common CouchElymus repens2024Common SedgeCarex nigra2024Common SedgeCarex nigra2024SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis2024Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Curled DockRumex crispus2024Curled DockRumex crispus2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2024Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2024Wych ElmUlmus glabra2024Wych ElmUlmus glabra2024Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2024Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2024Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2024Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus2024Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus2024Star SedgeCarex echinata2024Star SedgeCarex echinata2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2024Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2024Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2024Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2024Hairy BindweedCalystegia pulchra2024Hairy BindweedCalystegia pulchra2024Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2024Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2024Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2024Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2024Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2024Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024Stellaria mediaStellaria media2024Stellaria mediaStellaria media2024Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024Common BistortBistorta officinalis2024Common BistortBistorta officinalis2024Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024Asplenium adiantum-nigrumAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2024Asplenium adiantum-nigrumAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2024Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2024Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2024Heath GroundselSenecio sylvaticus2024Heath GroundselSenecio sylvaticus2024Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2024Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2024Common OracheAtriplex patula2024Common OracheAtriplex patula2024Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2024Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2024Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2024American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2024Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2024Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2024Common SorrelRumex acetosa2024Common SorrelRumex acetosa2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2024Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2024Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2024Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2024Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024PignutConopodium majus2024PignutConopodium majus2024Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2024Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2024SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2024SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2024Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2024Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2024daffodilsNarcissus2024daffodilsNarcissus2024Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2024Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2024Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024CrosswortCruciata laevipes2024CrosswortCruciata laevipes2024Hyacinthoides hispanicaHyacinthoides hispanica2024Hyacinthoides hispanicaHyacinthoides hispanica2024Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2024Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2024HazelCorylus avellana2024HazelCorylus avellana2024Scots PinePinus sylvestris2024Scots PinePinus sylvestris2024YewTaxus baccata2024YewTaxus baccata2024