Garton Slack settlement site
62 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome62 ha
Getting here
54.02783, -0.54645
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Dunnock
- ✦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
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Dunnock
- ✦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 — Woodpigeon, Dunnock, Chaffinch +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Dunnock, Chaffinch +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell +19 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Sycamore, Ash, Greater Plantain +160 more · last seen 2019
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Chalkland WayWalking route59 km▾
Named routeRef N28Length 59 kmRegional walking route
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 166Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 166National Cycle Network
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 National Route 164Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 164National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route3.9 km▾
Named routeRef 166Length 3.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
10 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Fields between Wetwang and Garton
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,547 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,547 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · House Martin · Carrion Crow · Swift · Goldfinch +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwiftApus apus2017
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2017
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2017
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2017
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2019
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2017
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2021
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2020
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava flavissima2019
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2019
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2019
- Common GullLarus canus2019
- Great TitParus major2017
Mole · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Roe Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2020
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2019
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2017▾
Common Toad
Painted Lady · Large White · Red Admiral · Peacock · Small White +12
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Red Valerian
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,547 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · House Martin · Carrion Crow · Swift · Goldfinch +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwiftApus apus2017
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2017
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2017
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2017
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2019
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2017
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2021
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2020
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava flavissima2019
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2019
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2019
- Common GullLarus canus2019
- Great TitParus major2017
Mole · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Roe Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2020
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2019
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2017▾
Common Toad
Painted Lady · Large White · Red Admiral · Peacock · Small White +12
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Red Valerian
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019WallLasiommata megera2019WallLasiommata megera2019Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2018Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2018Common DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2020Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2020Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2020Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2020Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2020Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2020CommaPolygonia c-album2017CommaPolygonia c-album2017Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2017Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2017GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2016GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2016Events & activities nearby
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