Brough Petuaria Roman settlement
5 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.72868, -0.57899
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ✦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
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ✦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, Carrion Crow, Curlew +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Curlew +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Hawthorn Shieldbug, Harlequin Ladybird +86 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Trans-Pennine Trail (Selby to Hull); Named hiking route nearby: Trans-Pennine Trail (Selby to Hull)
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Trans-Pennine Trail (Selby to Hull)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Nev Cole WayWalking route93 km▾
Named routeLength 93 kmRegional walking route
Yorkshire Wolds WayWalking route127 km▾
Named routeLength 127 kmNational walking route
High Hunsley CircuitWalking route39 km▾
Named routeLength 39 kmLocal walking route
The Burrspublic footpath · 71 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 71 mPath type: service
The Burrspublic footpath · 176 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 176 mPath type: track
The Burrspublic footpath · 69 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 69 mPath type: service
30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TPTNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route102 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 102 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route140 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 140 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route605 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 605 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
The Elms, 19 Station Road, Brough
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
15,273 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,273 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCurlew · Black-headed Gull · Gadwall · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +42
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Common GullLarus canus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- KnotCalidris canutus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Roe Deer · Mole
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐝Insects14 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Pea-leaf Weevil · Hawthorn Shieldbug +9
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,273 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCurlew · Black-headed Gull · Gadwall · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +42
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Common GullLarus canus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- KnotCalidris canutus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Roe Deer · Mole
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐝Insects14 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Pea-leaf Weevil · Hawthorn Shieldbug +9
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025European CinchbugIschnodemus sabuleti2025European CinchbugIschnodemus sabuleti2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Events & activities nearby
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