Blackfriars (remains of)
1 ha
Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.84028, -0.42279
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Starling
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Starbucks — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Starling
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Starbucks — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Starling, Lapwing +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: THE OLD FRIARY
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Starling, Lapwing +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Minster WayWalking route80 km▾
Named routeLength 80 kmRegional walking route
Wilberforce WayWalking route97 km▾
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
High Hunsley CircuitWalking route39 km▾
Named routeLength 39 kmLocal walking route
Golden Ball Passagepublic footpath · 82 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 82 mSurface concretePath type: footway
Spark Mill Lanepublic footpath · 244 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 244 mPath type: track
Middle Lanepublic footpath · 86 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 86 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
95 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route▾
Lincoln - Whitby
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Yorkshire Wolds Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripNational Cycle Network
NCN National Route 164 (south)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 164National Cycle Network
NCN 1 Humber to TeesCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
View from footbridge between Armstrong Way and Friars Lane, Beverley
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
36,566 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
36,566 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLapwing · Herring Gull · Teal · Black-headed Gull · Starling +40
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
7-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
36,566 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLapwing · Herring Gull · Teal · Black-headed Gull · Starling +40
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
7-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2-spot Ladybird
2-spot Ladybird
Adalia bipunctata
Adalia bipunctata
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