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St Werburgh's Church

📷 Alan Murray-Rust · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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53.01956, -1.98230

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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
🛝Playground 210m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ 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
🛝Playground 210m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Jackdaw, Blue Tit, Meadow Pipit +36 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Jackdaw, Blue Tit, Meadow Pipit +36 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Meadowsweet, Alder, Ramsons +59 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Meadowsweet, Alder, Ramsons +59 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Meadowsweet, Ramsons, Wild Strawberry +8 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Weaver WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Churnet WayWalking route

Named route

Booth's Wood LoopWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Woodcock TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Staffordshire Way (Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase)Walking route76 km

Staffordshire Way, part Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase

Named routeLength 76 kmRegional walking route

Kingsley 7public footpath · 22 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 22 mPath type: path

Kingsley 7public footpath · 77 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 77 mPath type: path

Kingsley 7public footpath · 18 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 18 mSurface unpavedPath type: track

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Churnet Valley CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

National Route 550Cycling route

Named routeRef 550National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route13.8 km

Named routeRef 550Length 13.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

4,364 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,364 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

springautumn

2025

Meadow Pipit · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Magpie · Woodpigeon +34

Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
RookCorvus frugilegus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
DipperCinclus cinclus
Willow TitPoecile montanus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
DunnockPrunella modularis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Herring GullLarus argentatus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
NuthatchSitta europaea
JayGarrulus glandarius
Coal TitPeriparus ater
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024

🦌

Mammals16 species

springautumn

2026

Otter · Mole · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Field Vole +11

OtterLutra lutra2025
MoleTalpa europaea
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024
BadgerMeles meles
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Red DeerCervus elaphus2025
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
BatChiroptera2025
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Indian MuntjacMuntiacus muntjak2025
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024

🦎

Reptiles2 species

springautumn

2025

Slow-worm · Common Lizard

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
Common LizardZootoca vivipara2024

🐝

Insects15 species

spring

2025

Field Grasshopper · Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi · Broad Centurion · Figwort Weevil · Cionus tuberculosus +10

Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae
Cionus tuberculosusCionus tuberculosus
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
Baccha elongataBaccha elongata
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Criorhina ranunculiCriorhina ranunculi
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus

🌿

Plants62 species

spring

2025

Meadowsweet · Alder · Ramsons · Yellow Archangel · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage +57

MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
AlderAlnus glutinosa
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
AubretiaAubrieta deltoidea
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Red CampionSilene dioica
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
HazelCorylus avellana
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Sessile OakQuercus petraea
BugleAjuga reptans
Greater PlantainPlantago major
AshFraxinus excelsior
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Solomon's-sealPolygonatum multiflorum
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Wild CherryPrunus avium
CleaversGalium aparine
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
White CloverTrifolium repens
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
Field MapleAcer campestre
Bitter-CressCardamine
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Common NettleUrtica dioica
DaisyBellis perennis
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
WoodruffGalium odoratum
Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,364 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

springautumn

2025

Meadow Pipit · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Magpie · Woodpigeon +34

Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
RookCorvus frugilegus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
DipperCinclus cinclus
Willow TitPoecile montanus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
DunnockPrunella modularis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Herring GullLarus argentatus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
NuthatchSitta europaea
JayGarrulus glandarius
Coal TitPeriparus ater
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024

🦌

Mammals16 species

springautumn

2026

Otter · Mole · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Field Vole +11

OtterLutra lutra2025
MoleTalpa europaea
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024
BadgerMeles meles
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Red DeerCervus elaphus2025
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
BatChiroptera2025
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Indian MuntjacMuntiacus muntjak2025
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024

🦎

Reptiles2 species

springautumn

2025

Slow-worm · Common Lizard

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
Common LizardZootoca vivipara2024

🐝

Insects15 species

spring

2025

Field Grasshopper · Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi · Broad Centurion · Figwort Weevil · Cionus tuberculosus +10

Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae
Cionus tuberculosusCionus tuberculosus
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
Baccha elongataBaccha elongata
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Criorhina ranunculiCriorhina ranunculi
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus

🌿

Plants62 species

spring

2025

Meadowsweet · Alder · Ramsons · Yellow Archangel · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage +57

MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
AlderAlnus glutinosa
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
AubretiaAubrieta deltoidea
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Red CampionSilene dioica
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
HazelCorylus avellana
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Sessile OakQuercus petraea
BugleAjuga reptans
Greater PlantainPlantago major
AshFraxinus excelsior
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Solomon's-sealPolygonatum multiflorum
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Wild CherryPrunus avium
CleaversGalium aparine
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
White CloverTrifolium repens
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
Field MapleAcer campestre
Bitter-CressCardamine
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Common NettleUrtica dioica
DaisyBellis perennis
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
WoodruffGalium odoratum
Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Alan Murray-Rust · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Bench mark, St Werburgh’s Church, Kingsley

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