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✦ Historic site
Ellerton Priory: a Cistercian nunnery including fishponds, water management system, mill, field systems and Ellerton medieval settlement
16 ha
Plan your visit
HeritageWildlife
Free entryDogs welcome16 ha
Getting here
54.36994, -1.88071
Best for
2 activitiesHeritage
Free76%Historic site
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶Walking
v2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
🚶
vWalking
Coast to Coast Walk (Shap to Richmond)Walking route▾
Named routeRef C2CRegional walking route
Herriot WayWalking route79.3 km▾
Named routeRef HWLength 79.3 kmRound tripRegional walking route
🚴Cycling
v11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
🚴
vCycling
Route 71Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 71National Cycle Network
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Yorkshire Dales CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef YDCRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 71Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route53 m▾
Named routeRef 71Length 53 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route199 m▾
Named routeRef 71Length 199 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
🐴Horse riding
v1 public path nearby
Public paths
🐴
vHorse riding
Sikelands Lanebridleway · 917 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 917 mPath type: track
About this historic site
Scheduled Monument
Wildlife to spot
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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
Free entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
🌱Reeth Community OrchardUrban park4.6 km→⛪Reeth Evangelical Congregational ChurchReligious grounds4.5 km→✦Marrick Priory: a Benedictine nunnery and later parish church with fishponds, mill mound, ironworks, longhouse, trackways and an Iron-Age house platformHistoric site1.3 km→✦Grinton ore hearth lead smelt mill, flue, fuel store and associated earthworksHistoric site3 km→✦Grinton Smelting MillHistoric site3 km→⛪St Michael's and All Angels ChurchReligious grounds3.4 km→