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Getting here
52.34940, -3.95595
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dipper and Woodcock
- ✦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
- 🐦43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dipper and Woodcock
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Dipper, Woodcock, Wren +40 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Dipper, Woodcock, Wren +40 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Green-veined White, Meadow Brown +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Silky Forklet-moss, Neat Feather-moss +158 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 81Cycling route▾
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National Cycle Network National Route 82Cycling route▾
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Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 81Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route13 m▾
Named routeRef 81Length 13 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 81Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route538 m▾
Named routeRef 81Length 538 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
1 public path nearby
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Wildlife to spot
1,852 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,852 records · National Biodiversity NetworkDipper · Woodcock · Starling · Blackcap · Chiffchaff +34
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- SwiftApus apus2020
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- HoopoeUpupa epops2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2021
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2021
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- RavenCorvus corax2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Otter
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2019
- OtterLutra lutra2019
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2021▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2020
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Eristalis pertinax · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Rhingia rostrata · Azure Damselfly +37
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024
- Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Hazel · Red Bartsia · Broad-leaved Helleborine +23
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2020
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2020
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,852 records · National Biodiversity NetworkDipper · Woodcock · Starling · Blackcap · Chiffchaff +34
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- SwiftApus apus2020
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- HoopoeUpupa epops2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2021
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2021
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- RavenCorvus corax2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Otter
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2019
- OtterLutra lutra2019
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2021▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2020
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Eristalis pertinax · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Rhingia rostrata · Azure Damselfly +37
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024
- Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Hazel · Red Bartsia · Broad-leaved Helleborine +23
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2020
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2020
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2024SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2024Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019HornetVespa crabroHornetVespa crabroSericomyia superbiensSericomyia superbiensSericomyia superbiensSericomyia superbiensCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2024Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Tenthredo arcuata/brevicornis/notha/schaefferiTenthredo arcuata/brevicornis/notha/schaefferi2024Tenthredo arcuata/brevicornis/notha/schaefferiTenthredo arcuata/brevicornis/notha/schaefferi2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2024Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2024Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2024Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2024SyrphusSyrphus2024SyrphusSyrphus2024CheilosiaCheilosia2024CheilosiaCheilosia2024Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2024Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2022Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2022Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2021Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2021Spotted Regal-sawflyNematus septentrionalis2021Spotted Regal-sawflyNematus septentrionalis2021Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2020Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2020CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019RhingiaRhingia2019RhingiaRhingia2019EristalisEristalis2019EristalisEristalis2019Black ClockPterostichus madidus2019Black ClockPterostichus madidus2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019Bramble
Bramble
Rubus fruticosus2020
Rubus fruticosus2020
Greater Fork-mossDicranum majus2019Greater Fork-mossDicranum majus2019Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2019Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2019Pale-fruited Thread-mossPohlia annotina2019Pale-fruited Thread-mossPohlia annotina2019Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2019Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2019Dotted Thyme-mossRhizomnium punctatum2019Dotted Thyme-mossRhizomnium punctatum2019Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum2019Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum2019Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2019Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2019Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2019Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2019Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2019Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2019Western PouncewortLejeunea lamacerina2019Western PouncewortLejeunea lamacerina2019Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum2019Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum2019Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoides2019Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoides2019Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens2019Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens2019Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2019Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2019Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata2019Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata2019Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans2019Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans2019Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi2019Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi2019Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta2019Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta2019Brunton's Dog-toothCynodontium bruntonii2019Brunton's Dog-toothCynodontium bruntonii2019Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum2019Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum2019Thick-set EarwortScapania compacta2019Thick-set EarwortScapania compacta2019