Winterbourne Down Methodist Church
🐶Dogs🥾Hiking✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.51515, -2.50402
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 🅿️Parking 87m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 87m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Community Forest Path
Free
Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Frome Valley WalkwayWalking route29 km▾
Named routeRef FVWLength 29 kmLocal walking route
Community Forest PathWalking route72 km▾
Named routeRef CFPLength 72 kmLocal walking route
The DramwayWalking route15 km▾
The route of a 19th century tramway that carried coal from Coalpit Heath down to the River Avon
Named routeLength 15 kmLocal walking route
102 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Concorde WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CWLocal cycle route
Yate SpurCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Avon CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Avon Wiltshire Cycle LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Filton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Bristol & Bath Railway PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef B&BRPLocal cycle route
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
20,435 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
20,435 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Long-tailed Tit · Redwing · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin +44
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects7 species
winterautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Zygina angusta · Trichopsocus brincki · Large Willow Aphid · Harlequin Ladybird +2
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Zygina angustaZygina angusta
- Trichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brincki
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Common Darter
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,435 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Long-tailed Tit · Redwing · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin +44
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects7 species
winterautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Zygina angusta · Trichopsocus brincki · Large Willow Aphid · Harlequin Ladybird +2
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Zygina angustaZygina angusta
- Trichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brincki
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Common Darter
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sympetrum striolatum2025
Sympetrum striolatum2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025