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St Michael's Church

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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
  • 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Blackbird, Chaffinch, Dunnock +79 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Chaffinch, Dunnock +79 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Chicken Of The Woods, Verrucaria ochrostoma, Catillaria lenticularis +85 more · last seen 2016; Fungi — Chicken Of The Woods, Verrucaria ochrostoma, Catillaria lenticularis +85 more · last seen 2016

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Pellitory-of-the-wall, White Campion, Silverweed +44 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Pellitory-of-the-wall, White Campion, Silverweed +44 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Small White, Comma, Red Admiral +26 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Small White, Comma, Red Admiral +26 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Plants — Fennel, Dandelion, Autumn Hawkbit +6 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km

long distance footpath 169 km

Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km

Long distance path

Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route
Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route
Clopton WayWalking route17.7 km

This walk offers great views from the top an escarpment and passes through the now deserted medieval village of Clopton

Named routeLength 17.7 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
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Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Byway (Cambridgeshire)Cycling route

National Byway route through Cambridgeshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route356 m
Named routeLength 356 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route114 m
Named routeLength 114 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route174 m
Named routeLength 174 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km

This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.

Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

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St Michael and All Angels Church

St Michael and All Angels Church

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