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Castle Hill motte and bailey castle

1 ha

WildlifeBirdsHeritage

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, House Sparrow, Woodpigeon +74 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, House Sparrow, Woodpigeon +74 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Green-veined White, Small White, Hairy Shieldbug +77 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Green-veined White, Small White, Hairy Shieldbug +77 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Selfheal, Blackthorn, Purple Toadflax +75 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Selfheal, Blackthorn, Purple Toadflax +75 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Blackthorn, Common Nettle, White Dead-nettle +10 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Doorstep WalkWalking route

Named route

Doorstep WalkWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

28 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 674Cycling route

Named routeRef 674National Cycle Network

Rotherham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route534 m

Named routeRef 674Length 534 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route494 m

Named routeRef 674Length 494 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth

Main RouteCycling route38 m

Named routeRef 674Length 38 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route235 m

Named routeRef 674Length 235 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

1,108 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,108 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds27 species

winter

2025

Carrion Crow · Swift · Blue Tit · Tawny Owl · Blackbird +22

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
SwiftApus apus2022
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
NuthatchSitta europaea
Great TitParus major
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
JackdawColoeus monedula
Coal TitPeriparus ater
SiskinSpinus spinus
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2022
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
DunnockPrunella modularis2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
RookCorvus frugilegus2019
Willow TitPoecile montanus2019
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2019
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2018
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2016

🦌

Mammals4 species

summerautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Mouse

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2018
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
MouseMus2023

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects23 species

summer

2025

Green-veined White · Ringlet · Small White · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Humming-bird Hawk-moth +18

Green-veined WhitePieris napi2017
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2017
Small WhitePieris rapae2017
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2022
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2017
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2020
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2020
Myrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformis2020
Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2020
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2020
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2020
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2020
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2020
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2020
NeoasciaNeoascia2020
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2017

🌿

Plants77 species

summer

2025

Selfheal · Blackthorn · Purple Toadflax · Sycamore · Yorkshire-fog +72

SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
White CloverTrifolium repens
Black BryonyTamus communis
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024
Crimson FlaxLinum grandiflorum
White Dead-nettleLamium album
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
CleaversGalium aparine
HollyIlex aquifolium
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
YewTaxus baccata
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2024
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024
Evening PrimroseOenothera2024
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2024
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024
Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2024
AshFraxinus excelsior2024
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024
TimothyPhleum pratense2024
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024
Wild CherryPrunus avium2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
IvyHedera helix2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024
Common CouchElymus repens2024
Red FescueFestuca rubra2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024
Field MapleAcer campestre2024
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024
CypressCupressaceae2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024
Broad-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus latifolius2024
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2023
GorseUlex europaeus2023
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2023
Subterranean CloverTrifolium subterraneum2021
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2021
Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata2020
Water MintMentha aquatica2020
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2018
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
HyacinthoidesHyacinthoides2017

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,108 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds27 species

winter

2025

Carrion Crow · Swift · Blue Tit · Tawny Owl · Blackbird +22

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
SwiftApus apus2022
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
NuthatchSitta europaea
Great TitParus major
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
JackdawColoeus monedula
Coal TitPeriparus ater
SiskinSpinus spinus
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2022
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
DunnockPrunella modularis2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
RookCorvus frugilegus2019
Willow TitPoecile montanus2019
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2019
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2018
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2016

🦌

Mammals4 species

summerautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Mouse

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2018
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
MouseMus2023

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects23 species

summer

2025

Green-veined White · Ringlet · Small White · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Humming-bird Hawk-moth +18

Green-veined WhitePieris napi2017
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2017
Small WhitePieris rapae2017
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2022
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2017
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2020
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2020
Myrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformis2020
Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2020
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2020
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2020
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2020
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2020
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2020
NeoasciaNeoascia2020
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2017

🌿

Plants77 species

summer

2025

Selfheal · Blackthorn · Purple Toadflax · Sycamore · Yorkshire-fog +72

SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
White CloverTrifolium repens
Black BryonyTamus communis
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024
Crimson FlaxLinum grandiflorum
White Dead-nettleLamium album
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
CleaversGalium aparine
HollyIlex aquifolium
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
YewTaxus baccata
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2024
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024
Evening PrimroseOenothera2024
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2024
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024
Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2024
AshFraxinus excelsior2024
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024
TimothyPhleum pratense2024
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024
Wild CherryPrunus avium2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
IvyHedera helix2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024
Common CouchElymus repens2024
Red FescueFestuca rubra2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024
Field MapleAcer campestre2024
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024
CypressCupressaceae2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024
Broad-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus latifolius2024
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2023
GorseUlex europaeus2023
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2023
Subterranean CloverTrifolium subterraneum2021
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2021
Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata2020
Water MintMentha aquatica2020
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2018
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
HyacinthoidesHyacinthoides2017

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Mike Nield · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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