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Stockland Great Castle

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

50.81770, -3.09995

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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
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Black-tailed Godwit, Wigeon, Shoveler +38 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-tailed Godwit, Wigeon, Shoveler +38 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Glow-worm, Leptura aurulenta +3 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Glow-worm, Leptura aurulenta +3 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Orange WayWalking route560 km

Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route

Monmouth Rebellion WalkWalking route

Named routeRef MRWRegional walking route

Channel to ChannelWalking route

Named routeRef CCRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Route 2 Axminster to DawlishCycling route

Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network

N/ACycling route315 m

Named routeLength 315 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.8 km

Named routeRef 2Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route543 m

Named routeRef 2Length 543 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route5 m

Named routeLength 5 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route840 m

Named routeLength 840 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

Ewecroft Lanebyway open to all traffic · 11 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 11 mPath type: track

Ewecroft Lanebyway open to all traffic · 201 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 201 mPath type: track

Ewecroft Lanebyway open to all traffic · 712 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 712 mPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

4,685 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,685 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds23 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Black-tailed Godwit · Wigeon · Ruff · Shoveler · Mediterranean Gull +18

Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
WigeonMareca penelope
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

summerautumn

2025

Hazel Dormouse

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,685 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds23 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Black-tailed Godwit · Wigeon · Ruff · Shoveler · Mediterranean Gull +18

Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
WigeonMareca penelope
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

summerautumn

2025

Hazel Dormouse

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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