← Back⛪ Religious grounds

St Peter's Church

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsInsects

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

53.65013, -0.27441

Open directionsv

Google Maps↗Driving directions Apple Maps↗Driving directions Waze↗Live driving navigation Google Transit↗Bus, rail or tram Apple Transit↗Bus, rail or tram

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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +79 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +79 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Red Admiral, Gatekeeper +29 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Small White, Red Admiral, Gatekeeper +29 more · last seen 2024

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Nev Cole Way

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Common Fleabane, Purple Toadflax, Feverfew +1 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Fleabane, Purple Toadflax, Feverfew +1 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Nev Cole WayWalking route93 km

Named routeLength 93 kmRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Humber Bridge to EasingtonWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

European long distance path E8 - part NetherlandsWalking route

Named routeRef E8International walking route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cycle Superhighway : Grimsby - ImminghamCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

NE Lincs local cycle networkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

2,571 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,571 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds21 species

winter

2025

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Starling · Collared Dove · House Sparrow +16

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Common GullLarus canus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Barn OwlTyto alba
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
RookCorvus frugilegus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Great TitParus major
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2025

Great Crested Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🌿

Plants105 species

winterautumn

2025

Spear Thistle · Selfheal · Ash · Ribwort Plantain · Ground-ivy +100

Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
AshFraxinus excelsior
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
CleaversGalium aparine
Common ChickweedStellaria media
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
DaisyBellis perennis
HollyIlex aquifolium
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
ElderSambucus nigra
Common NettleUrtica dioica
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
DandelionTaraxacum
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
NipplewortLapsana communis
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Euphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiaeEuphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiae
IvyHedera helix
Pink-sorrelOxalis articulata
Galanthus nivalis f. pleniflorusGalanthus nivalis f. pleniflorus
BullacePrunus domestica subsp. insititia
Adria BellflowerCampanula portenschlagiana
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
YewTaxus baccata
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus
Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Least Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilis
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Hedera helixHedera helix
White StonecropSedum album
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
White CloverTrifolium repens
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Hairy ButtercupRanunculus sardous
Grass VetchlingLathyrus nissolia
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalis
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Highclere HollyIlex aquifolium x perado = I. x altaclerensis
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Green SnowdropGalanthus woronowii
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,571 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds21 species

winter

2025

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Starling · Collared Dove · House Sparrow +16

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Common GullLarus canus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Barn OwlTyto alba
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
RookCorvus frugilegus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Great TitParus major
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2025

Great Crested Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🌿

Plants105 species

winterautumn

2025

Spear Thistle · Selfheal · Ash · Ribwort Plantain · Ground-ivy +100

Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
AshFraxinus excelsior
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
CleaversGalium aparine
Common ChickweedStellaria media
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
DaisyBellis perennis
HollyIlex aquifolium
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
ElderSambucus nigra
Common NettleUrtica dioica
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
DandelionTaraxacum
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
NipplewortLapsana communis
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Euphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiaeEuphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiae
IvyHedera helix
Pink-sorrelOxalis articulata
Galanthus nivalis f. pleniflorusGalanthus nivalis f. pleniflorus
BullacePrunus domestica subsp. insititia
Adria BellflowerCampanula portenschlagiana
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
YewTaxus baccata
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus
Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Least Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilis
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Hedera helixHedera helix
White StonecropSedum album
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
White CloverTrifolium repens
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Hairy ButtercupRanunculus sardous
Grass VetchlingLathyrus nissolia
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalis
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Highclere HollyIlex aquifolium x perado = I. x altaclerensis
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Green SnowdropGalanthus woronowii
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

St. Peter's Church, East Halton

1 / 15

Events & activities nearby

Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.

Bookable tours

Weather for this location

Next 14 days

Loading local forecast…

Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Homestead ParkUrban park4.9 km→🌱Little Park HabroughUrban park4.7 km→🌱Pilgrim ParkUrban park4.9 km→🌱East Halton (Millennium Green)Urban park1.2 km→🌱Millennium GreenUrban park1.3 km→🌱Big Park HabroughUrban park4.3 km→

Own or manage this place?

Claim this listing to keep details accurate, add photos, and highlight what makes it special — free.

Claim this page

How was your visit?

How useful was the information on this page?

id: bc18f82d-9f93-41c4-a2e7-ddcba8888047