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Sunken Chamber

📷 Fabian Musto · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessDogs welcome

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52.28760, -2.80246

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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

Parking· Free

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +72 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +72 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Pollen Beetle, Euophryum confine, Welsh Chafer +80 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Pollen Beetle, Euophryum confine, Welsh Chafer +80 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Croft Ambrey WalkWalking route4.8 km

Named routeLength 4.8 kmRound trip

Ancient Tree WalkWalking route1.5 km

Named routeLength 1.5 kmRound trip

Fishpool Valley walkWalking route2.4 km

Named routeLength 2.4 kmRound trip

Mortimer TrailWalking route48 km

Named routeLength 48 kmRegional walking route

Herefordshire TrailWalking route246.5 km

Named routeLength 246.5 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Herefordshire)Cycling route

National Byway in Herefordshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

National Byway (Wales & border)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

13,955 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,955 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

autumn

2025

Great Tit · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin +37

Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
RavenCorvus corax
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RedwingTurdus iliacus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
JayGarrulus glandarius
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SiskinSpinus spinus
MagpiePica pica
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
BramblingFringilla montifringilla

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Fallow Deer · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Fallow DeerDama dama2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,955 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

autumn

2025

Great Tit · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin +37

Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
RavenCorvus corax
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RedwingTurdus iliacus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
JayGarrulus glandarius
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SiskinSpinus spinus
MagpiePica pica
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
BramblingFringilla montifringilla

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Fallow Deer · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Fallow DeerDama dama2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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