The Parish Church of St Swithun
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51.12436, -0.00575
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ 1 Middle Row — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ 1 Middle Row — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🚻 Toilets
🦉 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 — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +52 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Denticollis linearis, Common Red Soldier Beetle +80 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Denticollis linearis, Common Red Soldier Beetle +80 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Herb-Robert, Common Nettle, Ribwort Plantain +118 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Herb-Robert, Common Nettle, Ribwort Plantain +118 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 17 signed routes nearby · 34 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
William Robinson Woodland Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Vanguard Way Walking route 111 km ▾
Named route Ref VGW Length 111 km Regional walking route
Show on map Worth Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Standen Trail Walking route ▾
Tandridge Border Path Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map College Lane public footpath · 160 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 160 m Surface asphalt Path type: service
Show on map Rices Hill public footpath · 37 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 37 m Surface asphalt Path type: service
Show on map 35 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris Cycling route ▾
English part of Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris, an international cycle route that connects the two capital cities
Named route Ref AV International cycle route
Show on map Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Cycle route consisting of main loop plus link routes
Named route Round trip Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 21 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 21 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 283 m ▾
Named route Ref 21 Length 283 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 44 m ▾
Named route Ref 21 Length 44 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 40 m ▾
Named route Ref 21 Length 40 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Deers Leap Main Trail Mountain bike route ▾
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Sandy Lane byway open to all traffic · 410 m ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 410 m Surface asphalt Path type: unclassified
Show on map Institute Walk bridleway · 154 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 154 m Surface asphalt Path type: bridleway
Show on map Vicarage Walk bridleway · 143 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 143 m Surface asphalt Path type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
21,090 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 21,090 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit +36
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Great Tit Parus major Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 🦌 Mammals 5 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Roe Deer · Pipistrelle Bat species · Pipistrelle
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo2025 Helophilus pendulus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Denticollis linearis · Bright Four-spined Legionnaire · Red-legged Shieldbug +11
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Denticollis linearis Denticollis linearis2025 Bright Four-spined Legionnaire Chorisops nagatomii2025 Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Face Fly 🌿 Plants 11 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Ribwort Plantain · Intermediate Screw-moss · Wall-rue · Honeysuckle · Dog's Mercury +6
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2025 Intermediate Screw-moss Syntrichia montana Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum Dog's Mercury Mercurialis perennis Shaggy Soldier Galinsoga quadriradiata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 21,090 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit +36
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Great Tit Parus major Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 🦌 Mammals 5 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Roe Deer · Pipistrelle Bat species · Pipistrelle
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo2025 Helophilus pendulus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Denticollis linearis · Bright Four-spined Legionnaire · Red-legged Shieldbug +11
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Denticollis linearis Denticollis linearis2025 Bright Four-spined Legionnaire Chorisops nagatomii2025 Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Face Fly 🌿 Plants 11 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Ribwort Plantain · Intermediate Screw-moss · Wall-rue · Honeysuckle · Dog's Mercury +6
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2025 Intermediate Screw-moss Syntrichia montana Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum Dog's Mercury Mercurialis perennis Shaggy Soldier Galinsoga quadriradiata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Musca autumnalis2025
Musca autumnalis2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025 2025
2025
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum2025
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum2025
Hoary Ragwort Jacobaea erucifolia2025
Hoary Ragwort Jacobaea erucifolia2025
Wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris2025
Wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris2025
Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara2025
Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara2025
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis2025
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis2025 