Clipston medieval settlement
136 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome136 ha
Getting here
52.43071, -0.95846
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Jackdaw
- ✦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
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Jackdaw
- ✦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 — Great Tit, Jackdaw, Blue Tit +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Great Tit, Jackdaw, Blue Tit +52 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell +13 more · last seen 2023; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km▾
From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury
Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional walking route
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Brampton Valley WayCycling route▾
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route817 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 817 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route204 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 204 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
N/ACycling route299 m▾
Named routeLength 299 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
989 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
989 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Jackdaw · Wren · Blue Tit · Starling · Great Tit +32
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common GullLarus canus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RavenCorvus corax
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Tufted Hair-grass · Barren Brome · Creeping Buttercup · Lords-and-Ladies · Groundsel +93
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
989 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Jackdaw · Wren · Blue Tit · Starling · Great Tit +32
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common GullLarus canus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RavenCorvus corax
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Tufted Hair-grass · Barren Brome · Creeping Buttercup · Lords-and-Ladies · Groundsel +93
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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