St Peter and St Paul's Church
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.88852, 0.24632
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Woodpigeon
- ✦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, Woodpigeon, Robin +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Hedgehog, Hazel Dormouse, Badger +17 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Willow Emerald Damselfly, Common Darter, Migrant Hawker +33 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Lords-and-Ladies, Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme, Lesser Celandine +157 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Vanguard WayWalking route111 km▾
Named routeRef VGWLength 111 kmRegional walking route
WealdwayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1066 Country WalkWalking route50 km▾
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Avenue Verte London ↔ ParisCycling route▾
English part of Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris, an international cycle route that connects the two capital cities
Named routeRef AVInternational cycle route
Route 21Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 21National Cycle Network
The Cuckoo TrailCycling route▾
Main RouteCycling route195 m▾
Named routeRef 21Length 195 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route45 m▾
Named routeRef 21Length 45 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route491 m▾
Named routeRef 21Length 491 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Hellingly, St Peter & St Paul
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,284 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,284 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
springwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Magpie · Robin +23
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Badger · Hazel Dormouse · Soprano Pipistrelle · Myotis Bat species · Noctule
- BadgerMeles meles
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2024
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024
Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Glow-worm · Dark-edged Bee-fly +5
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
Lords-and-Ladies · Moschatel · Primrose · Dog's Mercury · Lesser Celandine +61
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina2025
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
- Hazel
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,284 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
springwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Magpie · Robin +23
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Badger · Hazel Dormouse · Soprano Pipistrelle · Myotis Bat species · Noctule
- BadgerMeles meles
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2024
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024
Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Glow-worm · Dark-edged Bee-fly +5
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
Lords-and-Ladies · Moschatel · Primrose · Dog's Mercury · Lesser Celandine +61
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina2025
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
- Hazel
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Corylus avellana2025
Corylus avellana2025
Butcher's-broomRuscus aculeatus2025Butcher's-broomRuscus aculeatus2025DandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2025Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025PignutConopodium majus2025PignutConopodium majus2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisLungwortPulmonaria officinalisLungwortPulmonaria officinalisHedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Curled DockRumex crispus2025Curled DockRumex crispus2025Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025Eastern Hemlock-spruceTsuga canadensis2025Eastern Hemlock-spruceTsuga canadensis2025Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2025Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2025Wood SpurgeEuphorbia amygdaloides2025Wood SpurgeEuphorbia amygdaloides2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025ReedPhragmites2025ReedPhragmites2025CurrantRibes2025CurrantRibes2025Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2025Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata2025Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata2025Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus2025Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus2025BurdockArctium2025BurdockArctium2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025RoseRosa2025RoseRosa2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025GorseUlex europaeus2025GorseUlex europaeus2025Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025daffodilsNarcissus2025daffodilsNarcissus2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025BirchBetula2025BirchBetula2025Oregon GrapeMahonia2025Oregon GrapeMahonia2025Events & activities nearby
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