St Michael and All Angels Church
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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.38582, -2.53431
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Stonechat and Kestrel
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 214m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Stonechat and Kestrel
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 214m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Stonechat, Kestrel, Swallow +72 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Stonechat, Kestrel, Swallow +72 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Peacock, Speckled Wood +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Male-fern, Dog's Mercury, Barren Strawberry +76 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Shropshire Way - stage 06Walking route17.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW06Length 17.1 kmLocal walking route
Simon Evans WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Shropshire Way (Route 11, Link to Severn Way)Walking route14 km▾
Named routeLength 14 kmRegional walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 07Walking route17.6 km▾
Named routeRef ShW07Length 17.6 kmLocal walking route
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St. Michael and All Angels church (Hopton Wafers)
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Wildlife to spot
6,566 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,566 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Swallow · Raven · House Martin · Swift +39
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RavenCorvus corax
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwiftApus apus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Hare · Muntjac
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
7-spot Ladybird · Birch Catkin Bug · Philygria · Gorse Weevil · Stilpon graminum +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
- PhilygriaPhilygria
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
- Stilpon graminumStilpon graminum
- Psilopa nitidulaPsilopa nitidula
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Chaffweed · Polypodium vulgare · Fool's Parsley · Field-rose · Greater Plantain +46
- ChaffweedLysimachia minima
- Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2024
- Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2024
- Field-roseRosa arvensis2024
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,566 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Swallow · Raven · House Martin · Swift +39
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RavenCorvus corax
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwiftApus apus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Hare · Muntjac
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
7-spot Ladybird · Birch Catkin Bug · Philygria · Gorse Weevil · Stilpon graminum +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
- PhilygriaPhilygria
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
- Stilpon graminumStilpon graminum
- Psilopa nitidulaPsilopa nitidula
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Chaffweed · Polypodium vulgare · Fool's Parsley · Field-rose · Greater Plantain +46
- ChaffweedLysimachia minima
- Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2024
- Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2024
- Field-roseRosa arvensis2024
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Common SallowSalix cinerea2024Common SallowSalix cinerea2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2024Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2024Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2024Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2024Wild PlumPrunus domestica2024Wild PlumPrunus domestica2024Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2024Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2024Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2024Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2024Wild CarrotDaucus carota2024Wild CarrotDaucus carota2024Hard RushJuncus inflexus2024Hard RushJuncus inflexus2024Curled DockRumex crispus2024Curled DockRumex crispus2024Norway SprucePicea abies2024Norway SprucePicea abies2024ElderSambucus nigra2024ElderSambucus nigra2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024Ficaria verna subsp. fertilisFicaria verna subsp. fertilis2024Ficaria verna subsp. fertilisFicaria verna subsp. fertilis2024Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2024Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2024BugleAjuga reptans2024BugleAjuga reptans2024Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2024Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2024Bush VetchVicia sepium2024Bush VetchVicia sepium2024SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024Hard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatum2024Hard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatum2024FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024Red CampionSilene dioica2024Red CampionSilene dioica2024Salix fragilisSalix fragilis2024Salix fragilisSalix fragilis2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024HemlockConium maculatum2024HemlockConium maculatum2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024