The Church of the Ascension
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.92848, -2.04545
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 373m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 373m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Winchcombe Way (West)Walking route▾
The Winchcombe Way is a 42-mile figure-of-eight trail centred on Winchcombe
Named routeRef wiwRegional walking route
Wychavon Way (old)Walking route▾
A route from Holt Fleet on the River Severn to Winchcombe in the Cotswolds.
Named routeRef WyWo
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Isbourne WayWalking route22 km▾
Named routeLength 22 kmLocal walking route
25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Bishops Cleeve Bypass Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Gloucestershire Cycle SpineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route78 m▾
Named routeLength 78 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route297 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 297 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Bentley Lanebridleway · 48 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 48 mPath type: unclassified
Bentley Lanebridleway · 295 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 295 mPath type: footway
Bentley Lanebridleway · 83 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 83 mPath type: footway
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Wildlife to spot
27,860 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
27,860 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie +18
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects128 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Dicyphus (Dicyphus) tamaninii · Idiocerus stigmaticalis · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Psammotettix confinis · Nysius huttoni +123
- Dicyphus (Dicyphus) tamaniniiDicyphus (Dicyphus) tamaninii2025
- Idiocerus stigmaticalisIdiocerus stigmaticalis2025
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
- Psammotettix confinisPsammotettix confinis2025
- Nysius huttoniNysius huttoni
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,860 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie +18
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects128 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Dicyphus (Dicyphus) tamaninii · Idiocerus stigmaticalis · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Psammotettix confinis · Nysius huttoni +123
- Dicyphus (Dicyphus) tamaniniiDicyphus (Dicyphus) tamaninii2025
- Idiocerus stigmaticalisIdiocerus stigmaticalis2025
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
- Psammotettix confinisPsammotettix confinis2025
- Nysius huttoniNysius huttoni
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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