Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome27 ha
Getting here
51.23788, -2.36852
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Dipper +58 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Daubenton's Bat, Hedgehog, Lesser Horseshoe Bat +17 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red-headed Cardinal Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug +162 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
East Mendip WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EMWRegional walking route
54 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 24Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 24National Cycle Network
Colliers WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN 24 linkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
N/ACycling route421 m▾
Named routeLength 421 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route270 m▾
Named routeLength 270 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 24Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Footbridge in Wadbury Valley
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
10,097 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,097 records · National Biodiversity NetworkDipper · Robin · Woodpigeon · Rook · Wren +24
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Beaver · Harvest Mouse
- BeaverCastor fiber
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Dandelion · Yarrow · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · English Elm · Oxeye Daisy +114
- DandelionTaraxacum
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- English ElmUlmus procera
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,097 records · National Biodiversity NetworkDipper · Robin · Woodpigeon · Rook · Wren +24
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Beaver · Harvest Mouse
- BeaverCastor fiber
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Dandelion · Yarrow · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · English Elm · Oxeye Daisy +114
- DandelionTaraxacum
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- English ElmUlmus procera
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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