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Welshpool Motte & Bailey

1 ha

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Dogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

52.65895, -3.13961

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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Costa — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Costa — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· Paid

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Coot, Mallard, Moorhen +72 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Coot, Mallard, Moorhen +72 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Hornet, Red-eyed Damselfly, Eristalis tenax +19 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Hornet, Red-eyed Damselfly, Eristalis tenax +19 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Branched Bur-reed, Yellow Water-lily, Skullcap +1 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Branched Bur-reed, Yellow Water-lily, Skullcap +1 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Offa's Dyke PathWalking route285 km

Named routeRef ODPLength 285 kmNational walking route

Glyndŵr's WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 217kmNational walking route

Severn Way (1) Source to ShrewsburyWalking route116 km

Named routeRef SW (1)Length 116 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 81Cycling route

Named routeRef 81National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route2.7 km

Named routeRef 81Length 2.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route2.1 km

Named routeRef 81Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route31 m

Named routeRef 81Length 31 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

Main RouteCycling route75 m

Named routeRef 81Length 75 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

Main RouteCycling route3.6 km

Named routeRef 81Length 3.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

25,897 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

25,897 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

winter

2025

Coot · Moorhen · Teal · Mallard · Cormorant +50

CootFulica atra
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
TealAnas crecca
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
SnipeGallinago gallinago
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Great White EgretArdea alba
PintailAnas acuta
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
RookCorvus frugilegus
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
DunnockPrunella modularis
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
NuthatchSitta europaea
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RavenCorvus corax
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto

🦌

Mammals3 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Mole · Rabbit · Brown Rat

MoleTalpa europaea
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

25,897 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

winter

2025

Coot · Moorhen · Teal · Mallard · Cormorant +50

CootFulica atra
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
TealAnas crecca
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
SnipeGallinago gallinago
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Great White EgretArdea alba
PintailAnas acuta
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
RookCorvus frugilegus
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
DunnockPrunella modularis
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
NuthatchSitta europaea
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RavenCorvus corax
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto

🦌

Mammals3 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Mole · Rabbit · Brown Rat

MoleTalpa europaea
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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