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Three Anglo-Scandinavian crosses in St Mary's and All Saints' churchyard

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📷 David Weston · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦42+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Starling
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 231m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦42+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Starling
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 231m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Playground

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Barn Owl, Starling, Jack Snipe +39 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Mammals — Grey Squirrel, Hedgehog, Mole +13 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site with public access; Grade I listed building nearby: CHURCH OF ST MARY

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Large White, Red Admiral, Peacock +15 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground

Free

Family friendly

Good match

playground

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Stone Circles ChallengeWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Staffordshire Way (Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase)Walking route76 km

Staffordshire Way, part Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase

Named routeLength 76 kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Churnet Valley CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

1,379 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,379 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Plants153 species

summer

2025

Smooth Meadow-grass · Cleavers · Field-rose · Hedgerow Crane's-bill · Creeping Thistle +148

Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis
CleaversGalium aparine
Field-roseRosa arvensis
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
NipplewortLapsana communis
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Dog-roseRosa canina
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
HollyIlex aquifolium
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
IvyHedera helix
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina
HazelCorylus avellana
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
AshFraxinus excelsior
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
ElderSambucus nigra
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
DandelionTaraxacum
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Common SallowSalix cinerea
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Wild PlumPrunus domestica
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Creeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorum
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
Duke of Argyll's TeaplantLycium barbarum
Bay WillowSalix pentandra
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
BroomCytisus scoparius
LilacSyringa vulgaris
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
WalnutJuglans regia
Common ComfreySymphytum officinale
SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
ButterburPetasites hybridus
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Bush VetchVicia sepium
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Spear MintMentha spicata
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
DaisyBellis perennis
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
HonestyLunaria annua
Common VetchVicia sativa
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Curled DockRumex crispus
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Red CampionSilene dioica
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Hedera hibernica 'Hibernica'Hedera hibernica 'Hibernica'
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus
Field MapleAcer campestre
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
White WillowSalix alba
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
ForsythiaForsythia suspensa x viridissima = F. x intermedia
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
White StonecropSedum album
Common Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus subsp. hordeaceus
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,379 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants153 species

summer

2025

Smooth Meadow-grass · Cleavers · Field-rose · Hedgerow Crane's-bill · Creeping Thistle +148

Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis
CleaversGalium aparine
Field-roseRosa arvensis
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
NipplewortLapsana communis
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Dog-roseRosa canina
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
HollyIlex aquifolium
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
IvyHedera helix
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina
HazelCorylus avellana
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
AshFraxinus excelsior
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
ElderSambucus nigra
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
DandelionTaraxacum
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Common SallowSalix cinerea
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Wild PlumPrunus domestica
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Creeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorum
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
Duke of Argyll's TeaplantLycium barbarum
Bay WillowSalix pentandra
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
BroomCytisus scoparius
LilacSyringa vulgaris
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
WalnutJuglans regia
Common ComfreySymphytum officinale
SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
ButterburPetasites hybridus
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Bush VetchVicia sepium
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Spear MintMentha spicata
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
DaisyBellis perennis
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
HonestyLunaria annua
Common VetchVicia sativa
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Curled DockRumex crispus
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Red CampionSilene dioica
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Hedera hibernica 'Hibernica'Hedera hibernica 'Hibernica'
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus
Field MapleAcer campestre
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
White WillowSalix alba
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
ForsythiaForsythia suspensa x viridissima = F. x intermedia
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
White StonecropSedum album
Common Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus subsp. hordeaceus
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Weston · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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