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✦ Historic site
Aldro earthworks: a linear boundary, two cross-dykes and nine round barrows on Birdsall Wold
9 ha
Getting here
54.05541, -0.77519
Best for
4 activitiesHeritage
Free86%Historic site with public access
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Cycling
Varies72%Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 167
Dog walks
Free72%Dogs allowed with public access
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
5
3 named nearby · 2 public paths
Named routePublic access
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Cycling
13
13 named nearby
Named route
Named routes and paths nearby
NCN National Route 166 · Cycling0
Centenary Way · Walking134 km
Yorkshire Wolds Way · Walking127 km
Chalkland Way · Walking59 km
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
✓ 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
✦A cross-dyke from Birdsall Brow to Vessey Pasture Dale incorporating two bowl barrows and a cross-dyke extending from Water DaleHistoric site2.1 km→✦Hanging Grimston medieval settlement adjacent to Mount Pleasant FarmHistoric site3 km→⛪All Saints' ChurchReligious grounds2.6 km→✦A cross-dyke in Vessey Pasture DaleHistoric site3.1 km→✦A cross-dyke from Toisland Wold to Vessey Pasture Dale incorporating a bowl barrowHistoric site3.2 km→✦Aldro earthworks: a cross-dyke on Birdsall Wold, 200m west of Brown Moor FarmHistoric site800 m→