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🎠Play✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.97303, -0.28014
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 226m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 226m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
Best for
8 activitiesGrade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST LEONARD; Religious grounds — local heritage
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Dogs allowed with public access
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route▾
Lincoln - Whitby
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Yorkshire Wolds Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripNational Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
NCN 1 Humber to TeesCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
St. Leonard's church Beeford
Photos
St. Leonard's church Beeford
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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Wildlife to spot
4,807 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,807 records · NBN AtlasWoodpigeon · Kestrel · Starling · Jackdaw · House Sparrow
+23 more speciesHide species list
All 28 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2023
- SwiftApus apus2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- Common GullLarus canus2016
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2015
🦌Mammals8 species
summerautumn
2025Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Bat · Roe Deer · Common Pipistrelle
+3 more speciesHide species list
All 8 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- BatChiroptera
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2020
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2019
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023Common Toad
🐝Insects39 species
springsummer
2026Small White · Common Darter · Large White · Peacock · Red Admiral
+34 more speciesHide species list
All 39 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2020
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,807 records · NBN AtlasWoodpigeon · Kestrel · Starling · Jackdaw · House Sparrow
+23 more speciesHide species list
All 28 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2023
- SwiftApus apus2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- Common GullLarus canus2016
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2015
🦌Mammals8 species
summerautumn
2025Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Bat · Roe Deer · Common Pipistrelle
+3 more speciesHide species list
All 8 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- BatChiroptera
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2020
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2019
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023Common Toad
🐝Insects39 species
springsummer
2026Small White · Common Darter · Large White · Peacock · Red Admiral
+34 more speciesHide species list
All 39 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2020
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2017Green-veined WhitePieris napi2017Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2017Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2017Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2016Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2016Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2015Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2015Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2023Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2023Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2019Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019CommaPolygonia c-album2017CommaPolygonia c-album2017Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleVolucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2023Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2023Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2023Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2023EupeodesEupeodes2023EupeodesEupeodes2023House-flyMusca domestica2023House-flyMusca domestica2023Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2022Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2022Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2018Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2018Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2016Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2016GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2015GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2015Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2015Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2015RingletAphantopus hyperantus2015RingletAphantopus hyperantus2015