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Yeates Meadow

4 ha

📷 Maigheach-gheal · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

51.19832, -2.16410

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Woodpigeon
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 276m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Woodpigeon
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 276m 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

10 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Tawny Owl, Woodpigeon, Robin +71 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Mammals — Wood Mouse, Hedgehog, Rabbit +11 more · last seen 2026; Traditional orchard priority habitat

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Western Honey Bee, Glow-worm, 7-spot Ladybird +65 more · last seen 2026; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Imber Range Perimeter PathWalking route

Named routeRef IRPPLocal walking route

Wessex RidgewayWalking route

Named routeRef WRRegional walking route

Grange Lanepublic footpath · 100 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 100 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

🚴

Cycling

17 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km

Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

Route 24Cycling route

Named routeRef 24National Cycle Network

NCN 24 linkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route577 m

Named routeRef 24Length 577 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route10 m

Named routeLength 10 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route917 m

Named routeRef 24Length 917 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route

Named routeListed length 207km

Wildlife to spot

39,357 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

39,357 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

winter

2026

Tawny Owl · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Green Woodpecker +37

Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RavenCorvus corax2025

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Mammals5 species

winter

2026

Badger · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Red Fox

BadgerMeles meles
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winter

2026

Common Frog · Smooth Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

22-spot Ladybird

22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata

🌿

Plants3 species

winter

2026

Red Dead-nettle · Creeping Comfrey · Snowdrop

Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Creeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorum
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

39,357 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

winter

2026

Tawny Owl · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Green Woodpecker +37

Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RavenCorvus corax2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

winter

2026

Badger · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Red Fox

BadgerMeles meles
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winter

2026

Common Frog · Smooth Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

22-spot Ladybird

22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata

🌿

Plants3 species

winter

2026

Red Dead-nettle · Creeping Comfrey · Snowdrop

Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Creeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorum
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Maigheach-gheal · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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