Graveyard of St Maurice Church
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.96343, -1.07836
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕Wheldrakes — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕Wheldrakes — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
Best for
9 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +46 more · last seen 2026
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +46 more · last seen 2026
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Trioza centranthi, Harlequin Ladybird, Syrphus +22 more · last seen 2026
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Wall Screw-moss, Ivy-leaved Toadflax +138 more · last seen 2026
Dogs allowed with public access
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café; Urban park — family destination
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route134 km▾
Named routeLength 134 kmRegional walking route
Ebor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Foss WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Millennium WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Jorvic WayWalking route104 km▾
Named routeLength 104 kmRegional walking route
Grove Terrace Lanepublic footpath · 115 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 115 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
127 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
NCN National Route 665Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 665National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 658Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 658National Cycle Network
Solar System RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Facilities
🅿️Parking
Monk Bar · Paid · 54m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
46,073 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
46,073 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2026Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Magpie · Blue Tit
+44 more speciesHide species list
All 49 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · American Mink · Feral Sheep
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026Common Frog · Smooth Newt
🐝Insects25 species
winterspringautumn
2026Trioza centranthi · Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · 7-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird
+20 more speciesHide species list
All 25 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Wall Screw-moss · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Herb-Robert · Common Feather-moss
+136 more speciesHide species list
All 141 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
46,073 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2026Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Magpie · Blue Tit
+44 more speciesHide species list
All 49 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · American Mink · Feral Sheep
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026Common Frog · Smooth Newt
🐝Insects25 species
winterspringautumn
2026Trioza centranthi · Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · 7-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird
+20 more speciesHide species list
All 25 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Wall Screw-moss · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Herb-Robert · Common Feather-moss
+136 more speciesHide species list
All 141 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hawthorn Shieldbug
Hawthorn Shieldbug
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataBlack ClockPterostichus madidusBlack ClockPterostichus madidusCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaNorellia spinipesNorellia spinipesNorellia spinipesNorellia spinipesDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorBrown Soft-scaleCoccus hesperidumBrown Soft-scaleCoccus hesperidumLeistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbisPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusBrevicoryne brassicaeBrevicoryne brassicaeBrevicoryne brassicaeBrevicoryne brassicaeYew ScaleParthenolecanium pomeranicum2025Yew ScaleParthenolecanium pomeranicum2025Viburnum ScaleLichtensia viburni2025Viburnum ScaleLichtensia viburni2025Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2025Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2025Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2025Rhacocleis annulataRhacocleis annulata2025Rhacocleis annulataRhacocleis annulata2025Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixCrescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciataCrescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciataRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineStinking IrisIris foetidissimaStinking IrisIris foetidissimaWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumMexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianusMexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianusWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaCommon WhitlowgrassErophila vernaCommon WhitlowgrassErophila vernaTrailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyanaTrailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyanaBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusRaspberryRubus idaeusRaspberryRubus idaeusBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensFeverfewTanacetum partheniumFeverfewTanacetum partheniumPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaItalian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicumItalian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicumYewTaxus baccataYewTaxus baccataSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusWall LettuceMycelis muralisWall LettuceMycelis muralisHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifoliusCommon Pocket-mossFissidens taxifoliusWood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinisWood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinisSwartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hiansSwartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hiansPointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidataPointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidataThickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilumThickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilumCommon LiverwortMarchantia polymorphaCommon LiverwortMarchantia polymorphaAnomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalumAnomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalumStreblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutumMind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleiroliiMind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleiroliiBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesRed ValerianCentranthus ruberRed ValerianCentranthus ruberCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaSalad BurnetPoterium sanguisorbaSalad BurnetPoterium sanguisorbaYellow CorydalisPseudofumaria luteaYellow CorydalisPseudofumaria luteaCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumGreater CelandineChelidonium majusGreater CelandineChelidonium majusWild StrawberryFragaria vescaWild StrawberryFragaria vescaHimalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosaHimalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosaGorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisBlack SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrumBlack SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrumTutsanHypericum androsaemum2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeumSilky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeumSilver-mossBryum argenteumSilver-mossBryum argenteumCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataFirethornPyracantha coccineaFirethornPyracantha coccineaAlexandersSmyrnium olusatrumAlexandersSmyrnium olusatrumWinter AconiteEranthis hyemalisWinter AconiteEranthis hyemalisLungwortPulmonaria officinalisLungwortPulmonaria officinalisPellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaicaPellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaicaPale Pink-sorrelOxalis incarnataPale Pink-sorrelOxalis incarnataCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaFairy FoxgloveErinus alpinusFairy FoxgloveErinus alpinusMediterranean SpurgeEuphorbia characiasMediterranean SpurgeEuphorbia characiasWall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalisWall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalisBlue PassionflowerPassiflora caeruleaBlue PassionflowerPassiflora caeruleaPersian IvyHedera colchicaPersian IvyHedera colchicaSelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Black HorehoundBallota nigra2025Black HorehoundBallota nigra2025Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2025Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2025Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2025Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2025Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025BroomCytisus scoparius2025BroomCytisus scoparius2025Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2025Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2025Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2025Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2025Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans2025Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans2025Revolute Beard-mossPseudocrossidium revolutum2025Revolute Beard-mossPseudocrossidium revolutum2025SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2025Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2025Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2025Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Evergreen SpindleEuonymus japonicus2025Evergreen SpindleEuonymus japonicus2025HollyhockAlcea rosea2025HollyhockAlcea rosea2025Five-leaf AkebiaAkebia quinata2025Five-leaf AkebiaAkebia quinata2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025TansyTanacetum vulgare2025TansyTanacetum vulgare2025Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2025Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2025Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2025Sow ThistleSonchus2025Sow ThistleSonchus2025GalinsogaGalinsoga2025GalinsogaGalinsoga2025Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025LilacSyringa vulgaris2025LilacSyringa vulgaris2025Water BentPolypogon viridis2025Water BentPolypogon viridis2025GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2025GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Events & activities nearby
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