St Mary's Abbey, Holmcultram
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🌳Ancient
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
54.84487, -3.28176
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and House Sparrow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and House Sparrow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
9 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, House Sparrow, Jackdaw +69 more · last seen 2024; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY; Historic site
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Birds — Blackbird, House Sparrow, Jackdaw +69 more · last seen 2024; Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Salad Burnet, Scorpion Weed, Fool's Water-Cress +24 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Knotgrass Leaf Beetle, Scathophaga stercoraria +20 more · last seen 2025
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
King Charles III England Coast Path: Gretna to AllonbyWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route3.1 km▾
Named routeRef 72Length 3.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route204 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 204 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.8 km▾
Named routeRef 72Length 3.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.3 km▾
Named routeRef 72Length 3.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route808 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 808 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Holme Cultram Abbey/Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin-March 2016 (12)
Photos
Holme Cultram Abbey/Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin-March 2016 (12)
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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