Getting here
53.56126, -0.28363
Best for
2 activitiesHeritage
Free76%Historic site
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
2
2 named nearby
Named route
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Cycling
6
6 named nearby
Named route
Named routes and paths nearby
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell) · Walking0
Nev Cole Way · Walking93 km
Route 1 · Cycling0
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3 · Cycling0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
About this historic site
Great Limber Priory is an ancient historic site covering 7 hectares. As an ancient woodland, it has been continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD — a rare and irreplaceable habitat rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Wildlife to spot
Photos
Camera of the Knights Hospitallers, Great Limber: aerial 2022
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
Facilities
🅿️
Parking
3 nearby · 363m
🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦BROCKLESBY PARKHistoric site800 m→🌱Brocklesby ParkUrban park3.1 km→✦Site of medieval nunnery and post-Dissolution house, Nun CothamHistoric site3.2 km→✦Roman settlementHistoric site4.9 km→✦Camera of the Knights Hospitallers, medieval settlement and cultivation remains, post-medieval house and gardensHistoric site0 m→⛪St Peter's ChurchReligious grounds300 m→