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St Peter and St Paul's Church

82 ha

📷 Mike Searle · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeForagingInsects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome82 ha

Getting here

50.93142, -3.13926

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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
  • 🌿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

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Foraging

Plants — Garlic Mustard, Hogweed, Beech +25 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Green-veined White +32 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Bracken, Hedge Woundwort, Garlic Mustard +263 more · last seen 2016; Plants — Bracken, Hedge Woundwort, Garlic Mustard +263 more · last seen 2016

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds; Birds — Raven, Pheasant, Nuthatch +15 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Channel to ChannelWalking route
Named routeRef CCRegional walking route
Herepath Trail - ThurlbearWalking route
Named routeRef HTbLocal walking route
Staple Fitzpaine HerepathWalking route
Named routeRef SFHLocal walking route
East Deane WayWalking route
Named routeRef EDWRegional walking route
Herepath Trail - Blagdon HillWalking route
Named routeRef HTbLocal walking route
Green Lanepublic footpath · 289 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 289 mSurface grassPath type: track
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Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths
Trickey Warren Lanebridleway · 132 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 132 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Trickey Warren Lanebridleway · 794 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 794 mSurface concretePath type: service
Trickey Warren Lanebridleway · 902 m

Semi-paved track - surface badly worn and broken up in many places with uneveness and potholes.

Public pathbridlewayLength 902 mSurface asphaltPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

RAF Culmhead (aka RAF Church Stanton): a tour of a WW2 airfield - Pillbox 522 Tricky Warren Lane (11)

📷 Mike Searle · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

RAF Culmhead (aka RAF Church Stanton): a tour of a WW2 airfield - Pillbox 522 Tricky Warren Lane (11)

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🦉OTTERHEAD LAKESNature reserve2.9 km→✦RAF Culmhead (Scheduled Monument)Historic site700 m→✦World War II fighter pens and other airfield remains and defences of the former airfield of RAF Culmhead, at Trickey Warren FarmHistoric site700 m→✦Site of Otterhead HouseHistoric site2.8 km→✦Robin Hood's ButtsHistoric site3.1 km→✦Robin Hood's ButtsHistoric site3.1 km→

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