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St Maurice's Church

📷 David Bremner · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 329m away — 4 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 329m away — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird +88 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird +88 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird · last seen 2025; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Pyramidal Orchid · last seen 2025; Plants — Pyramidal Orchid · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Moderate match

Religious grounds — local heritage

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Holt to Mannington WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Rebellion WayCycling route373 km

Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Mill Lanebridleway · 552 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 552 mSurface groundPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

12,826 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,826 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds57 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Tawny Owl · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit +52

Tawny OwlStrix aluco
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
HobbyFalco subbuteo
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
MagpiePica pica
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RookCorvus frugilegus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Coal TitPeriparus ater
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Rock DoveColumba livia
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
SwiftApus apus
Common GullLarus canus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GadwallMareca strepera
GoosanderMergus merganser
NuthatchSitta europaea
JayGarrulus glandarius
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RavenCorvus corax
WhitethroatCurruca communis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,826 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Tawny Owl · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit +52

Tawny OwlStrix aluco
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
HobbyFalco subbuteo
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
MagpiePica pica
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RookCorvus frugilegus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Coal TitPeriparus ater
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Rock DoveColumba livia
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
SwiftApus apus
Common GullLarus canus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GadwallMareca strepera
GoosanderMergus merganser
NuthatchSitta europaea
JayGarrulus glandarius
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RavenCorvus corax
WhitethroatCurruca communis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Bremner · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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🌱Home WoodsUrban park400 m→✦MELTON CONSTABLE HALLHistoric site2.7 km→🌱Briston GreenUrban park3.2 km→🌱Gunthorpe ParkUrban park3.3 km→⛪All Saint's ChurchReligious grounds3 km→🌱Thornage CommonUrban park1.8 km→

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