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Dogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.88831, -0.40453
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Goldfinch
- ✦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
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Goldfinch
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Goldfinch, Pochard +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Goldfinch, Pochard +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: HOUSE OF CORRECTION; Historic site
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · last seen 2019
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km15 public paths nearby
Public paths
Churchfields Roadpublic footpath · 25 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 25 mPath type: residential
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Brickyard Lanerestricted byway · 949 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 949 mPath type: bridleway
Photos
Folkingham Castle and Gateway to former House of Correction: aerial 2026 (1)
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,369 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,369 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPochard · Wigeon · Swift · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +36
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- RavenCorvus corax2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2021
- SiskinSpinus spinus2021
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Ledra aurita
Garlic Mustard · White Dead-nettle · Spear Thistle · False Oat-grass · Ribwort Plantain +83
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,369 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPochard · Wigeon · Swift · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +36
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- RavenCorvus corax2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2021
- SiskinSpinus spinus2021
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Ledra aurita
Garlic Mustard · White Dead-nettle · Spear Thistle · False Oat-grass · Ribwort Plantain +83
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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