Moated site of monastic grange with adjacent earthworks at Rigbolt House
8 ha
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🦅Birds🌳Ancient🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
52.83824, -0.22821
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Little Owl 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
- 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Little Owl 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 — Little Owl, House Sparrow, Robin +48 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
🌳Ancient woodland
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Birds — Little Owl, House Sparrow, Robin +48 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland
Historic site with public access
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Common Liverwort · last seen 2013
💜Bluebell walks
Strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Capes Entrybridleway · 479 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 479 mPath type: bridleway
Photos
21 photos from nearby open sources
Rigbolt House and moated site: aerial 2021
Photos
Rigbolt House and moated site: aerial 2021
✓ 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
557 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
557 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds51 species
springsummer
2025Little Owl · House Sparrow · Robin · Blackbird · Swallow
+46 more speciesHide species list
All 51 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2014
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2011
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2021
- SwiftApus apus2015
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2011
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2016
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2013
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2011
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2011
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2021
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2011
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2011
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2011
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2011
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2011
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2010
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2010
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2010
- JayGarrulus glandarius2010
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummerautumn
2022Hedgehog · Badger
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2014Common Toad
Paracorymbia fulva · Speckled Bush-cricket · Small Tortoiseshell · Peacock · Small White
+47 more speciesHide species list
All 52 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Paracorymbia fulvaParacorymbia fulva2018
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2013
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
- PeacockAglais io
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
557 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds51 species
springsummer
2025Little Owl · House Sparrow · Robin · Blackbird · Swallow
+46 more speciesHide species list
All 51 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2014
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2011
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2021
- SwiftApus apus2015
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2011
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2016
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2013
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2011
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2011
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2021
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2011
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2011
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2011
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2011
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2011
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2010
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2010
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2010
- JayGarrulus glandarius2010
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummerautumn
2022Hedgehog · Badger
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2014Common Toad
Paracorymbia fulva · Speckled Bush-cricket · Small Tortoiseshell · Peacock · Small White
+47 more speciesHide species list
All 52 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Paracorymbia fulvaParacorymbia fulva2018
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2013
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
- PeacockAglais io
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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