Lilla Cross on Lilla Howe, Fylingdales Moor
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌳Ancient
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
54.37594, -0.63258
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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 Meadow Pipit and Mistle Thrush
- ✦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 Meadow Pipit and Mistle Thrush
- ✦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
Best for
7 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Mistle Thrush, Wren +52 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Mistle Thrush, Wren +52 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Black Darter, Common Hawker +34 more · last seen 2025
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Heather, Heath Plait-moss, Bilberry +187 more · last seen 2025
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lyke Wake WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Tabular Hills WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Coast to Coast Walk (Richmond to Robin Hood’s Bay)Walking route▾
Named routeRef C2CRegional walking route
The Inn WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Moors to SeaMountain bike route▾
8 public paths nearby
Public paths
Robin Hood's Bay Roadbridleway · 2.2 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 2.2 kmSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Robin Hood's Bay Roadbridleway · 727 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 727 mPath type: bridleway
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Lilla Cross on Fylingdales Moor
Photos
Lilla Cross on Fylingdales Moor
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,020 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,020 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds55 species
springsummer
2025Meadow Pipit · Mistle Thrush · Wren · Skylark · Woodpigeon
+50 more speciesHide species list
All 55 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwiftApus apus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2016
- CurlewNumenius arquata2016
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2016
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2011
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2011
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025Water Vole · Roe Deer · Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2018Common Frog
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Black Darter · Common Hawker · Common Darter · Large Red Damselfly
+32 more speciesHide species list
All 37 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024
- Black DarterSympetrum danae2018
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea2013
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
Heather · Heath Plait-moss · Bilberry · Common Haircap · Broom Fork-moss
+185 more speciesHide species list
All 190 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris2023
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2023
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2023
- Common HaircapPolytrichum commune s.l.2023
- Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,020 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds55 species
springsummer
2025Meadow Pipit · Mistle Thrush · Wren · Skylark · Woodpigeon
+50 more speciesHide species list
All 55 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwiftApus apus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2016
- CurlewNumenius arquata2016
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2016
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2011
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2011
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025Water Vole · Roe Deer · Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2018Common Frog
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Black Darter · Common Hawker · Common Darter · Large Red Damselfly
+32 more speciesHide species list
All 37 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024
- Black DarterSympetrum danae2018
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea2013
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
Heather · Heath Plait-moss · Bilberry · Common Haircap · Broom Fork-moss
+185 more speciesHide species list
All 190 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris2023
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2023
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2023
- Common HaircapPolytrichum commune s.l.2023
- Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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