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✦ Historic site
Maiden Bower and Cock Lodge: a motte and bailey castle, moated site, windmill mound and associated linear outwork
9 ha
Getting here
54.17085, -1.37641
Best for
2 activitiesHeritage
Free76%Historic site
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
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1 named nearby
Named route
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Cycling
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10 named nearby
Named route
Named routes and paths nearby
White Rose Route - Thirsk Variant · Cycling0
Swale Way · Walking0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
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
✦Cock Lodge (Site of)Historic site100 m→⛪St Columba's ChurchReligious grounds1.2 km→✦Topcliffe BridgeHistoric site1.3 km→✦Medieval moated site, fishponds and associated field system 125m south of Eldmire CottageHistoric site1.5 km→⛪St Mary and All Saints ChurchReligious grounds2.6 km→⛪St John's ChurchReligious grounds3 km→