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Aldborough Roman town

29 ha

📷 Alison Stamp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome29 ha

Getting here

54.09165, -1.38070

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Wigeon
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Wigeon
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Woodpigeon +71 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Woodpigeon +71 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Grade II* listed building: ALDBOROUGH HALL; Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens; Insects — Hawthorn Shieldbug, Eristalis tenax · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Giant Hogweed · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Knaresborough RoundWalking route32 km

Named routeLength 32 kmLocal walking route

YorevisionWalking route

Named route

YorevisionWalking route

Named route

Ure Walks Through TimeWalking route

Named route

YorevisionWalking route

Named route

Mesopotamiapublic footpath · 2.7 km

Public pathpublic footpathLength 2.7 kmSurface dirtPath type: footway

🚴

Cycling

23 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

White Rose Route - Thirsk VariantCycling route

Named routeRef 657National Cycle Network

NCN Cycle Route 688Cycling route

Named routeRef 688National Cycle Network

National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route174 m

Named routeRef 688Length 174 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route753 m

Named routeRef 688Length 753 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

The KestrelMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

7,067 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,067 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

winter

2026

Wigeon · Shoveler · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Chaffinch +37

WigeonMareca penelope
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,067 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

winter

2026

Wigeon · Shoveler · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Chaffinch +37

WigeonMareca penelope
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Alison Stamp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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