Boythorpe settlement site
10 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
54.13255, -0.46882
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Barn Owl
- ✦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
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Barn Owl
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Barn Owl, Robin +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Barn Owl, Robin +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Small White, Large White +38 more · last seen 2017
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bladder Campion, Wild Basil, Hairy Violet +145 more · last seen 2017
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Centenary WayWalking route134 km▾
Named routeLength 134 kmRegional walking route
Yorkshire Wolds WayWalking route127 km▾
Named routeLength 127 kmNational walking route
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 166Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 166National Cycle Network
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Yorkshire Wolds Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 166Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route535 m▾
Named routeRef 166Length 535 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route6 m▾
Named routeRef 166Length 6 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Boythorpe from halfway up hillside
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,377 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,377 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBarn Owl · Collared Dove · Rook · Woodpigeon · Pheasant +27
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus
- Columba oenas oenasColumba oenas oenas
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Alectoris rufa rufaAlectoris rufa rufa2022
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2020
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2024▾
Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Badger
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
- BadgerMeles meles2017
Large Skipper · Red Admiral · Large White · Speckled Wood
- Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2016
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2016
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2016
Pineappleweed · Scarlet Pimpernel · Small Toadflax · Fool's Parsley · Scented Mayweed +90
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
- Small ToadflaxChaenorhinum minus
- Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium
- Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
- Shepherd's-purse
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,377 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBarn Owl · Collared Dove · Rook · Woodpigeon · Pheasant +27
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus
- Columba oenas oenasColumba oenas oenas
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Alectoris rufa rufaAlectoris rufa rufa2022
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2020
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2024▾
Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Badger
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
- BadgerMeles meles2017
Large Skipper · Red Admiral · Large White · Speckled Wood
- Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2016
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2016
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2016
Pineappleweed · Scarlet Pimpernel · Small Toadflax · Fool's Parsley · Scented Mayweed +90
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
- Small ToadflaxChaenorhinum minus
- Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium
- Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
- Shepherd's-purse
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Capsella bursa-pastoris
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