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St Tanwg's Church

📷 PAUL FARMER · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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52.85802, -4.10781

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféCampsiteParking· PaidPlaygroundToilets

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13 activities

Family friendly

Very strong match

playground, café, toilets

Free

Playgrounds

Very strong match

playground, toilets, café, parking

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

café, toilets, car park

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Herring Gull, Rook +30 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Carrion Crow, Herring Gull, Rook +30 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Ribwort Plantain, Yorkshire-fog +64 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Ribwort Plantain, Yorkshire-fog +64 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Wales Coast Path (Meirionnydd)Walking route

Named routeRef WCPRegional walking route

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Cycling

20 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route

Named routeRef EV2International cycle route

Lôn Las Cymru (Central)Cycling route

Named routeRef 8National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route10.1 km

Named routeRef 8Length 10.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route649 m

Named routeRef 8Length 649 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route46 m

Named routeRef 8Length 46 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.7 km

Named routeRef 8Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

19,753 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

19,753 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds33 species

autumnwinter

2026

Carrion Crow · Herring Gull · Rook · Robin · Oystercatcher +28

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
SwiftApus apus2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summerautumn

2025

Sand Lizard

Sand LizardLacerta agilis

🐝

Insects5 species

autumn

2025

Red-legged Shieldbug · Common Flower Bug · Dock Bug · Sea Bristletail · Aegialia arenaria

Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Sea BristletailPetrobius maritimus
Aegialia arenariaAegialia arenaria

🌿

Plants67 species

summer

2025

Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Ribwort Plantain · Yorkshire-fog · Common Milkwort · Sand Sedge +62

Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Common MilkwortPolygala vulgaris
Sand SedgeCarex arenaria
MarramAmmophila arenaria
Burnet RoseRosa spinosissima
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Common RestharrowOnonis repens
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
YarrowAchillea millefolium
DewberryRubus caesius
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris
Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Variegated HorsetailEquisetum variegatum
Marsh HelleborineEpipactis palustris
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Creeping WillowSalix repens
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Small NettleUrtica urens
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Rock SamphireCrithmum maritimum
Sea RocketCakile maritima
NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
Common VetchVicia sativa
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Downy OatAvenula pubescens
Sharp RushJuncus acutus
Pyrola rotundifolia subsp. maritimaPyrola rotundifolia subsp. maritima
HawkweedHieracium
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
White CloverTrifolium repens
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Wild ThymeThymus drucei
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Water MintMentha aquatica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

19,753 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds33 species

autumnwinter

2026

Carrion Crow · Herring Gull · Rook · Robin · Oystercatcher +28

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
SwiftApus apus2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summerautumn

2025

Sand Lizard

Sand LizardLacerta agilis

🐝

Insects5 species

autumn

2025

Red-legged Shieldbug · Common Flower Bug · Dock Bug · Sea Bristletail · Aegialia arenaria

Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Sea BristletailPetrobius maritimus
Aegialia arenariaAegialia arenaria

🌿

Plants67 species

summer

2025

Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Ribwort Plantain · Yorkshire-fog · Common Milkwort · Sand Sedge +62

Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Common MilkwortPolygala vulgaris
Sand SedgeCarex arenaria
MarramAmmophila arenaria
Burnet RoseRosa spinosissima
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Common RestharrowOnonis repens
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
YarrowAchillea millefolium
DewberryRubus caesius
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris
Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Variegated HorsetailEquisetum variegatum
Marsh HelleborineEpipactis palustris
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Creeping WillowSalix repens
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Small NettleUrtica urens
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Rock SamphireCrithmum maritimum
Sea RocketCakile maritima
NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
Common VetchVicia sativa
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Downy OatAvenula pubescens
Sharp RushJuncus acutus
Pyrola rotundifolia subsp. maritimaPyrola rotundifolia subsp. maritima
HawkweedHieracium
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
White CloverTrifolium repens
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Wild ThymeThymus drucei
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Water MintMentha aquatica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 PAUL FARMER · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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