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Townsend Cemetery

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ 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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 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 — Woodpigeon, Wren, Robin +52 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Wren, Robin +52 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Common Darter, Eupeodes corollae +12 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Common Darter, Eupeodes corollae +12 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Moderate match

Cemetery — local history and memorials

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route

River Parrett TrailWalking route80 km

Named routeRef RPTLength 80 kmRegional walking route

Liberty TrailWalking route

Named routeRef LIBRegional walking route

Higher Easthams Lanepublic footpath · 571 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 571 mPath type: service

Butts Quarry Lanepublic footpath · 398 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 398 mPath type: track

Butts Quarry Lanepublic footpath · 307 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 307 mPath type: track

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

South Somerset CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

21,159 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

21,159 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds42 species

autumnwinter

2025

Woodpigeon · Robin · Great Tit · Herring Gull · Blackbird +37

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
Herring GullLarus argentatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
DunnockPrunella modularis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RavenCorvus corax
SnipeGallinago gallinago
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Stock DoveColumba oenas
BuzzardButeo buteo
Rock DoveColumba livia
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

21,159 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

autumnwinter

2025

Woodpigeon · Robin · Great Tit · Herring Gull · Blackbird +37

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
Herring GullLarus argentatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
DunnockPrunella modularis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RavenCorvus corax
SnipeGallinago gallinago
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Stock DoveColumba oenas
BuzzardButeo buteo
Rock DoveColumba livia
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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