Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.11011, -2.48676
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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 — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Arched Earthstar, Stump Puffball, Geastrum britannicum +22 more · last seen 2020
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Red Admiral +20 more · last seen 2019
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Various-leaved Fescue, Hogweed +150 more · last seen 2023
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Herefordshire TrailWalking route246.5 km▾
Named routeLength 246.5 kmRegional walking route
Three Choirs Way (Withington to Stanford Bishop)Walking route▾
A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.
Named routeRegional walking route
Three Choirs Way (Hereford to Worcester)Walking route▾
A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.
Named routeRegional walking route
Geopark WayWalking route175 km▾
Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Herefordshire)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Herefordshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Ledbury area)Cycling route▾
National Byway in the Ledbury area
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Photos
Castle Frome: St. Michael's Church: South doorway with plain Norman tympanum
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
2,757 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,757 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds8 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Hawfinch · Barn Owl · Hobby · Woodcock · Lapwing +3
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WigeonMareca penelope
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Brown Hare
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
Various-leaved Fescue · Perforate St John's-wort · Hogweed · Ash · Traveller's-joy +115
- Various-leaved FescueFestuca heterophylla
- Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,757 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds8 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Hawfinch · Barn Owl · Hobby · Woodcock · Lapwing +3
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WigeonMareca penelope
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Brown Hare
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
Various-leaved Fescue · Perforate St John's-wort · Hogweed · Ash · Traveller's-joy +115
- Various-leaved FescueFestuca heterophylla
- Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas