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West End House moated site, 640m west of St Lawrence's Church

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📷 Humphrey Bolton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome0 ha

Getting here

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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
🛝Playground 140m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ 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
🛝Playground 140m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Goldfinch, Greenfinch +42 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Goldfinch, Greenfinch +42 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Box Tree Moth · last seen 2021; Insects — Box Tree Moth · last seen 2021

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Colne Valley PathWalking route37 km

Named routeLength 37 kmLocal walking route

London to Walsingham - stage 04Walking route

Named routeRef LW04Local walking route

Wool Towns WalkWalking route50 km

Named routeLength 50 km

London to Walsingham - stage 05Walking route

Named routeRef LW05Local walking route

Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Meeting Lanebyway open to all traffic · 526 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 526 mSurface dirtPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

2,577 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,577 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds30 species

springautumn

2025

Goldfinch · Blue Tit · Greenfinch · Great Tit · Blackbird +25

GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Great TitParus major2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,577 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds30 species

springautumn

2025

Goldfinch · Blue Tit · Greenfinch · Great Tit · Blackbird +25

GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Great TitParus major2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Humphrey Bolton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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