Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.76696, -0.49778
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ✦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
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ✦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 — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CROSS SHAFT ON SOUTH SIDE OF CHURCH OF ST. PETER, 6 YDS FROM SOUTH DOORWAY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Ringlet +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hawthorn, Black Bryony, Wood Avens +39 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Danelaw WayWalking route▾
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
Lawn Lanepublic footpath · 200 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 200 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Photos
St Peter's Church from the graveyard wall
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
7,790 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,790 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChiffchaff · Woodpigeon · Robin · Stock Dove · Blue Tit +28
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- SwiftApus apus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- RavenCorvus corax
- CuckooCuculus canorus
Muntjac
Large Walnut Aphid · Azure Damselfly · Broad-bodied Chaser · Brown Hawker
- Large Walnut AphidPanaphis juglandis
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Common Mallow · Garlic Mustard · Mouse-ear-hawkweed · Hogweed · Great Lettuce +78
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Great LettuceLactuca virosa
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,790 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChiffchaff · Woodpigeon · Robin · Stock Dove · Blue Tit +28
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- SwiftApus apus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- RavenCorvus corax
- CuckooCuculus canorus
Muntjac
Large Walnut Aphid · Azure Damselfly · Broad-bodied Chaser · Brown Hawker
- Large Walnut AphidPanaphis juglandis
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Common Mallow · Garlic Mustard · Mouse-ear-hawkweed · Hogweed · Great Lettuce +78
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Great LettuceLactuca virosa
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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