Vicar's Pele: a medieval tower house on north side of Main Street
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌳Ancient
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
55.04978, -1.74372
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦42+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦42+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out
Best for
7 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Dunnock +39 more · last seen 2025
Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Dunnock +39 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Orange Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird +33 more · last seen 2026
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Apple, Great Scented Liverwort, Sessile Oak +17 more · last seen 2026
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
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Named routeRef 10Length 68 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Named routeRef 10Length 704 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 10Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 10Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Reivers Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Tower House ruin. A Vicar's Pele
Photos
Tower House ruin. A Vicar's Pele
Facilities
🅿️Parking
8 nearby · Free · 90m
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
18,238 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,238 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds42 species
summerautumnwinter
2025Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Dunnock · Robin · Magpie
+37 more speciesHide species list
All 42 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SwiftApus apus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- NuthatchSitta europaea
🐝Insects36 species
summerwinter
20267-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird
+31 more speciesHide species list
All 36 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
🌿Plants20 species
summerwinter
2026Apple · Great Scented Liverwort · Sessile Oak · Least Yellow-sorrel · Scots Pine
+15 more speciesHide species list
All 20 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- AppleMalus domestica
- Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum2025
- Sessile OakQuercus petraea2025
- Least Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilis2025
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,238 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds42 species
summerautumnwinter
2025Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Dunnock · Robin · Magpie
+37 more speciesHide species list
All 42 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SwiftApus apus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- NuthatchSitta europaea
🐝Insects36 species
summerwinter
20267-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird
+31 more speciesHide species list
All 36 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
🌿Plants20 species
summerwinter
2026Apple · Great Scented Liverwort · Sessile Oak · Least Yellow-sorrel · Scots Pine
+15 more speciesHide species list
All 20 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- AppleMalus domestica
- Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum2025
- Sessile OakQuercus petraea2025
- Least Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilis2025
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Southern Hawker
Southern Hawker
Aeshna cyanea2025
Aeshna cyanea2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata202511-spot LadybirdCoccinella undecimpunctata202511-spot LadybirdCoccinella undecimpunctata2025Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025Harmonia axyridis form conspicuaHarmonia axyridis form conspicua2025Harmonia axyridis form conspicuaHarmonia axyridis form conspicua2025Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2025Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Tipula fulvipennisTipula fulvipennis2025Tipula fulvipennisTipula fulvipennis2025Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2025Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2025Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025Helophilus trivittatusHelophilus trivittatus2025Helophilus trivittatusHelophilus trivittatus2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2025Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2025Empis lividaEmpis livida2025Empis lividaEmpis livida2025Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2025Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2025Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025Common OracheAtriplex patula2025Common OracheAtriplex patula2025Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025Slender KnapweedCentaurea debeauxii2025Slender KnapweedCentaurea debeauxii2025Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2025Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2025Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2025American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2025American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2025Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella2025Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella2025Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2025Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2025Events & activities nearby
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