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Getting here
53.96229, -1.08190
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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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Bennett's — 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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Bennett's — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
Best for
10 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, 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus +20 more · last seen 2026
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Wall Screw-moss, Ivy-leaved Toadflax +132 more · last seen 2026
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 658
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
126 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
15 photos from nearby open sources
NE across York Minster: aerial 2018
Photos
NE across York Minster: aerial 2018
Facilities
🅿️Parking
Bootham Row · Paid · 274m
✓ 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
46,913 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
46,913 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2026Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Magpie · Rock Dove
+44 more speciesHide species list
All 49 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterautumn
2026Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · American Mink · Feral Sheep
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026Common Frog · Smooth Newt
🐝Insects23 species
winterspringautumn
2026Trioza centranthi · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Harlequin Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird
+18 more speciesHide species list
All 23 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Wall Screw-moss · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Herb-Robert · Common Feather-moss
+130 more speciesHide species list
All 135 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
46,913 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2026Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Magpie · Rock Dove
+44 more speciesHide species list
All 49 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterautumn
2026Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · American Mink · Feral Sheep
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026Common Frog · Smooth Newt
🐝Insects23 species
winterspringautumn
2026Trioza centranthi · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Harlequin Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird
+18 more speciesHide species list
All 23 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Wall Screw-moss · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Herb-Robert · Common Feather-moss
+130 more speciesHide species list
All 135 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
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Black Clock
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Pterostichus madidus
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaNorellia spinipesNorellia spinipesNorellia spinipesNorellia spinipesDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataBrown 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 grisea2025Rhacocleis annulataRhacocleis annulata2025Rhacocleis annulataRhacocleis annulata2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumCrescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciataCrescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciataSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaStinking IrisIris foetidissimaStinking IrisIris foetidissimaMexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianusMexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianusWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaCommon WhitlowgrassErophila vernaCommon WhitlowgrassErophila vernaTrailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyanaTrailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyanaCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusRaspberryRubus idaeusRaspberryRubus idaeusCommon LiverwortMarchantia polymorphaCommon LiverwortMarchantia polymorphaSnowdropGalanthus 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 scolopendriumMale-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 hiansSilver-mossBryum argenteumSilver-mossBryum argenteumPointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidataPointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidataAnomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalumAnomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalumStreblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutumMind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleiroliiMind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleiroliiBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaRed 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 vulgare2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeumSilky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeumThickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilumThickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilumCat'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 revolutum2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025SowbreadCyclamen 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 rosea2025Sow ThistleSonchus2025Sow ThistleSonchus2025GalinsogaGalinsoga2025GalinsogaGalinsoga2025Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025LilacSyringa vulgaris2025LilacSyringa vulgaris2025Water BentPolypogon viridis2025Water BentPolypogon viridis2025GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2025GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica2025Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica2025Events & activities nearby
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