Castle Green and park area
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
54.24947, -0.77628
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Pickering Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Pickering Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Swift +76 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Swift +76 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, 18-spot Ladybird +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Giant Hogweed, Dewberry +24 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Tabular Hills WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Inn WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Malton to PickeringCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Moors to SeaMountain bike route▾
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Wells Walkbyway open to all traffic · 88 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 88 mSurface groundPath type: track
Wells Walkbyway open to all traffic · 52 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 52 mPath type: service
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
20,652 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,652 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Herring Gull · Swift · Blue Tit +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwiftApus apus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
🦌Mammals5 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mole · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Bat
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- BatChiroptera2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects39 species
springautumn
2025▾
18-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Larch Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird +34
- 18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Dewberry · Bluebell · Dandelion · Cherry · Daisy +2
- DewberryRubus caesius
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
- DandelionTaraxacum
- CherryPrunus2024
- DaisyBellis perennis2024
- Monk's-HoodAconitum2024
- Primrose
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,652 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Herring Gull · Swift · Blue Tit +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwiftApus apus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
🦌Mammals5 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mole · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Bat
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- BatChiroptera2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects39 species
springautumn
2025▾
18-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Larch Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird +34
- 18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Dewberry · Bluebell · Dandelion · Cherry · Daisy +2
- DewberryRubus caesius
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
- DandelionTaraxacum
- CherryPrunus2024
- DaisyBellis perennis2024
- Monk's-HoodAconitum2024
- Primrose
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Primula2024
Primula2024
