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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.71293, -0.66537
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Mallard
- ✦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
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Mallard
- ✦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 — Lapwing, Mallard, Moorhen +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Lapwing, Mallard, Moorhen +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Wainscot, Small Black Ant, Meadow Brown +94 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Perennial Rye-grass, White Clover, Cock's-foot +241 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Verrucaria macrostoma, Lecidella elaeochroma, Variospora flavescens +3 more · last seen 2025
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
Hereward WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Oakham Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Rutland Water CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route546 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 546 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route890 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 890 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Cottesmore, St. Nicholas' Church: The altar
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,652 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,652 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStock Dove · Woodcock · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw · Fieldfare +18
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Badger · Grey Squirrel
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Common Wainscot · Straw Underwing · Rosy Tabby · Large Yellow Underwing · Meadow Brown +59
- Common WainscotMythimna pallens
- Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura2024
- Rosy TabbyEndotricha flammealis2024
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis
Verrucaria macrostoma · Lecidella elaeochroma · Variospora flavescens · Arthonia radiata · White Saddle
- Verrucaria macrostomaVerrucaria macrostoma
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
- Variospora flavescensVariospora flavescens
- Arthonia radiataArthonia radiata
- White SaddleHelvella crispa2024
Ribwort Plantain · Spear Thistle · Groundsel · Common Mallow · Lesser Trefoil +54
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris
- Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
- WalnutJuglans regia2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,652 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStock Dove · Woodcock · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw · Fieldfare +18
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Badger · Grey Squirrel
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Common Wainscot · Straw Underwing · Rosy Tabby · Large Yellow Underwing · Meadow Brown +59
- Common WainscotMythimna pallens
- Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura2024
- Rosy TabbyEndotricha flammealis2024
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis
Verrucaria macrostoma · Lecidella elaeochroma · Variospora flavescens · Arthonia radiata · White Saddle
- Verrucaria macrostomaVerrucaria macrostoma
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
- Variospora flavescensVariospora flavescens
- Arthonia radiataArthonia radiata
- White SaddleHelvella crispa2024
Ribwort Plantain · Spear Thistle · Groundsel · Common Mallow · Lesser Trefoil +54
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris
- Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
- WalnutJuglans regia2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Creeping Cinquefoil
Creeping Cinquefoil
Potentilla reptans2024
Potentilla reptans2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2024Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2024Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2024Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2024CleaversGalium aparine2024CleaversGalium aparine2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024DaisyBellis perennis2024DaisyBellis perennis2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024TimothyPhleum pratense2024TimothyPhleum pratense2024Red FescueFestuca rubra2024Red FescueFestuca rubra2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusFew-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxumFew-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxumGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2024Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024IvyHedera helix2024IvyHedera helix2024Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2024Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2024Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2024Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2024MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2024Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2024Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2024KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2024KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Common WhitebeamSorbus aria2024Common WhitebeamSorbus aria2024Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2024Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024Bread WheatTriticum aestivum2024Bread WheatTriticum aestivum2024Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus2024Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus2024LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2024LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2024Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa2024Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Events & activities nearby
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