Plan your visit
✦Heritage🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.19419, 0.89275
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦17+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Little Ringed Plover and Ruff
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 255m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦17+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Little Ringed Plover and Ruff
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 255m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Little Ringed Plover, Ruff, Pochard +14 more · last seen 2023
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Large White +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Birds — Little Ringed Plover, Ruff, Pochard +14 more · last seen 2023
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bradfield Woods Blue RouteWalking route▾
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Bradfield Woods Green RouteWalking route▾
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Bradfield Woods Black RouteWalking route▾
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Bradfield Woods Orange RouteWalking route▾
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16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 51Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Named routeRef 51Length 380 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Named routeRef 51Length 4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5.6 km▾
Named routeRef 51Length 5.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route379 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 379 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
St.Nicholas's Church, Rattlesden
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,501 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,501 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHobby · Bittern · Spoonbill · Red-legged Partridge
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2022▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2022▾
Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Small White · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Green-veined White · Red Admiral +18
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
🌿Plants3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Scorpion Weed · Fennel · Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. ochroleuca
- Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia
- FennelFoeniculum vulgare
- Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. ochroleucaDactylorhiza incarnata subsp. ochroleuca2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,501 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHobby · Bittern · Spoonbill · Red-legged Partridge
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2022▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2022▾
Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Small White · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Green-veined White · Red Admiral +18
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
🌿Plants3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Scorpion Weed · Fennel · Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. ochroleuca
- Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia
- FennelFoeniculum vulgare
- Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. ochroleucaDactylorhiza incarnata subsp. ochroleuca2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2022RingletAphantopus hyperantus2022Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2022Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2022Common DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixtaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumRuddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2022CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2022Events & activities nearby
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