Averham moat and enclosure
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife✦Heritage🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.08091, -0.85867
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦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
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Stoke Field TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Church Lanepublic footpath · 82 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 82 mPath type: track
73 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
National Byway (Nottinghamshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Nottinghamshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
National Byway (Southwell Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route26 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 26 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route99 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 99 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
9,333 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,333 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Goldfinch · Canada Goose · Great Tit +22
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Banded Demoiselle
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Bristly Oxtongue · Dandelion · Common Sallow · Reed Canary-grass · Tansy +89
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Common SallowSalix cinerea
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
- TansyTanacetum vulgare
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,333 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Goldfinch · Canada Goose · Great Tit +22
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Banded Demoiselle
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Bristly Oxtongue · Dandelion · Common Sallow · Reed Canary-grass · Tansy +89
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Common SallowSalix cinerea
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
- TansyTanacetum vulgare
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas