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Getting here
50.82158, -3.81862
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦23+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Martin and Wren
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 239m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦23+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Martin and Wren
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 239m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — House Martin, Wren, Canada Goose +20 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — House Martin, Wren, Canada Goose +20 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Flame Shoulder, Large Yellow Underwing, Buff Ermine +184 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST PETER THE APOSTLE; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Early-purple Orchid, Navelwort +185 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route
Beer Lanepublic footpath · 223 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 223 mPath type: service
Photos
St Peter's Church, Zeal Monachorum
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,228 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,228 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Martin · Canada Goose · Wren · Song Thrush · Blackcap +11
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- Little OwlAthene noctua2018
Otter · Hedgehog · Red Fox
- OtterLutra lutra
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2019
Mycetophila curviseta · Brevicornu sericoma · Bolitophila occlusa · Mycetophila cingulum · Diadocidia ferruginosa +24
- Mycetophila curvisetaMycetophila curviseta2018
- Brevicornu sericomaBrevicornu sericoma2018
- Bolitophila occlusaBolitophila occlusa2018
- Mycetophila cingulumMycetophila cingulum2018
- Diadocidia ferruginosaDiadocidia ferruginosa2018
- Eristalis tenax
Shining Crane's-bill · Germander Speedwell · Bitter-vetch · Honeysuckle · Lords-and-Ladies +108
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2018
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2018
- Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2018
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2018
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2018
- Common Valerian
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,228 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Martin · Canada Goose · Wren · Song Thrush · Blackcap +11
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- Little OwlAthene noctua2018
Otter · Hedgehog · Red Fox
- OtterLutra lutra
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2019
Mycetophila curviseta · Brevicornu sericoma · Bolitophila occlusa · Mycetophila cingulum · Diadocidia ferruginosa +24
- Mycetophila curvisetaMycetophila curviseta2018
- Brevicornu sericomaBrevicornu sericoma2018
- Bolitophila occlusaBolitophila occlusa2018
- Mycetophila cingulumMycetophila cingulum2018
- Diadocidia ferruginosaDiadocidia ferruginosa2018
- Eristalis tenax
Shining Crane's-bill · Germander Speedwell · Bitter-vetch · Honeysuckle · Lords-and-Ladies +108
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2018
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2018
- Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2018
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2018
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2018
- Common Valerian
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax
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