Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.25220, -2.95385
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦45+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Blackcap
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 119m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦45+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Blackcap
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 119m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Blackcap, Raven +42 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets
Free
Birds — Mallard, Blackcap, Raven +42 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Large White +117 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Butcombe TrailWalking route74 km▾
Named routeRef BUTLength 74 kmRegional walking route
The Mendip TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef MTRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Brean Down to MineheadWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
West Mendip WayWalking route48 km▾
Named routeRef WMWLength 48 kmRegional walking route
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 33 (Alt)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33 (Alt)National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route7.4 km▾
Named routeRef 33Length 7.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
Main RouteCycling route607 m▾
Named routeRef 33Length 607 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route242 m▾
Named routeRef 33Length 242 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route318 m▾
Named routeRef 33Length 318 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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St Michael's Church, Brent Knoll
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Wildlife to spot
16,761 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,761 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackcap · Robin · Fieldfare · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Long-tailed Tit +10
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- RavenCorvus corax
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects68 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Swollen-thighed Beetle · 22-spot Ladybird +63
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Cockspur · Elephant-ears · Mind-your-own-business · Pepper-saxifrage · Chicory +2
- CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli
- Elephant-earsBergenia crassifolia
- Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
- Pepper-saxifrageSilaum silaus
- ChicoryCichorium intybus
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
- Fodder Burnet
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,761 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackcap · Robin · Fieldfare · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Long-tailed Tit +10
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- RavenCorvus corax
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects68 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Swollen-thighed Beetle · 22-spot Ladybird +63
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Cockspur · Elephant-ears · Mind-your-own-business · Pepper-saxifrage · Chicory +2
- CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli
- Elephant-earsBergenia crassifolia
- Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
- Pepper-saxifrageSilaum silaus
- ChicoryCichorium intybus
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
- Fodder Burnet
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Poterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicum
Poterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicum