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✦ Historic site
Marrick Priory: a Benedictine nunnery and later parish church with fishponds, mill mound, ironworks, longhouse, trackways and an Iron-Age house platform
5 ha
Getting here
54.37547, -1.89823
Best for
4 activitiesHeritage
Free86%Historic site with public access
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Dog walks
Free72%Dogs allowed with public access
Hiking
Free65%Named hiking route nearby: Coast to Coast Walk (Shap to Richmond)
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
10
2 named nearby · 8 public paths
Named routePublic access
🚴
Cycling
10
10 named nearby
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
4
4 public paths
Public access
Named routes and paths nearby
Route 71 · Cycling0
Coast to Coast Walk (Shap to Richmond) · Walking0
Herriot Way · Walking79.3 km
Yorkshire Dales Cycleway · Cycling0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
Sikelands Lane · bridleway
Mill Hills Lane · bridleway
Sikelands Lane · bridleway
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
✓ Public accessFree 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 park3.3 km→⛪Reeth Evangelical Congregational ChurchReligious grounds3.2 km→✦EarthworksHistoric site4.3 km→✦Grinton ore hearth lead smelt mill, flue, fuel store and associated earthworksHistoric site2.2 km→✦Grinton Smelting MillHistoric site2.3 km→✦Maiden Castle prehistoric defended settlement and adjacent round barrowHistoric site4.5 km→