Gelston village cross
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Getting here
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦16+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tyto alba alba and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦16+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tyto alba alba and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
Strong match
Birds — Tyto alba alba, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +13 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Peacock +25 more · last seen 2021
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Pocket-moss, Dune Thread-moss, Neat Feather-moss +25 more · last seen 2010
Free
Birds — Tyto alba alba, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +13 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Grantham Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
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Wildlife to spot
1,075 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,075 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTyto alba alba · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Pheasant · Lapwing +2
- Tyto alba albaTyto alba alba2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2017
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Small White · Gatekeeper · Peacock · Meadow Brown · Ground Weevil +10
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018
- Ground WeevilBarynotus obscurus2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
🌿Plants130 species
springautumn
2017▾
Nipplewort · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Blackthorn · Hogweed · Red Campion +125
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,075 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTyto alba alba · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Pheasant · Lapwing +2
- Tyto alba albaTyto alba alba2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2017
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Small White · Gatekeeper · Peacock · Meadow Brown · Ground Weevil +10
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018
- Ground WeevilBarynotus obscurus2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
🌿Plants130 species
springautumn
2017▾
Nipplewort · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Blackthorn · Hogweed · Red Campion +125
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2017Painted LadyVanessa cardui2017Voria ruralisVoria ruralisVoria ruralisVoria ruralisEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumThemira minorThemira minor2019Themira minorThemira minor2019Delia coarctataDelia coarctata2019Delia coarctataDelia coarctata2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2018Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2018Large WhitePieris brassicae2018Large WhitePieris brassicae2018Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017Common Ragwort
Common Ragwort
Jacobaea vulgaris
Jacobaea vulgaris
DaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformisSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformisSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaBlack BryonyTamus communisBlack BryonyTamus communisIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensCreeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorumCreeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorumMale-fernDryopteris filix-masMale-fernDryopteris filix-masSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusHopHumulus lupulusHopHumulus lupulusFox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiacaFox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiacaStinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidusStinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidusTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaReflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestreReflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestreCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataStinking IrisIris foetidissimaStinking IrisIris foetidissimaCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataHedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicumHedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumWallflowerErysimum cheiriWallflowerErysimum cheiriPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusHard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatumHard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatumWhite StonecropSedum albumWhite StonecropSedum albumAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaFeverfewTanacetum partheniumFeverfewTanacetum partheniumCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCommon Stork's-billErodium cicutariumCommon Stork's-billErodium cicutariumGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraSowbreadCyclamen hederifoliumSowbreadCyclamen hederifoliumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisSticky GroundselSenecio viscosusSticky GroundselSenecio viscosusBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisRed ValerianCentranthus ruberRed ValerianCentranthus ruberGreater CelandineChelidonium majusGreater CelandineChelidonium majusCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCommon CouchElymus repensCommon CouchElymus repensSmall-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillumSmall-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillumBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaCanadian FleabaneErigeron canadensisCanadian FleabaneErigeron canadensisBiting StonecropSedum acreBiting StonecropSedum acreCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaHorse-radishArmoracia rusticanaHorse-radishArmoracia rusticanaLilacSyringa vulgarisLilacSyringa vulgarisAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisEuphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiaeEuphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiaeEuphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiaeEuphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiaeBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusKnotgrassPolygonum aviculareKnotgrassPolygonum aviculareYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumGrey Field-speedwellVeronica politaGrey Field-speedwellVeronica politaCommon MallowMalva sylvestrisCommon MallowMalva sylvestrisSilver BirchBetula pendulaSilver BirchBetula pendulaSnow-in-summerCerastium tomentosumSnow-in-summerCerastium tomentosumWall BarleyHordeum murinumWall BarleyHordeum murinumGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisField MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestreFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBlack HorehoundBallota nigraBlack HorehoundBallota nigraSnapdragonAntirrhinum majusSnapdragonAntirrhinum majusGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperProcumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculataProcumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculataHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaColtsfootTussilago farfaraColtsfootTussilago farfaraGreat LettuceLactuca virosaGreat LettuceLactuca virosaField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisLombardy-PoplarPopulus nigra 'Italica'Lombardy-PoplarPopulus nigra 'Italica'SnowberrySymphoricarpos albusSnowberrySymphoricarpos albusOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumFumaria officinalis subsp. officinalisFumaria officinalis subsp. officinalisFumaria officinalis subsp. officinalisFumaria officinalis subsp. officinalisRumex crispus subsp. crispusRumex crispus subsp. crispusRumex crispus subsp. crispusRumex crispus subsp. crispusWych ElmUlmus glabraWych ElmUlmus glabraHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaCrab AppleMalus sylvestrisCrab AppleMalus sylvestrisCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburGreat HorsetailEquisetum telmateiaGreat HorsetailEquisetum telmateiaSmooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensisSmooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensisSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSoft-bromeBromus hordeaceusSoft-bromeBromus hordeaceusField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisDogwoodCornus sanguineaDogwoodCornus sanguineaHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumCommon PoppyPapaver rhoeasCommon PoppyPapaver rhoeasHybrid CampionSilene dioica x latifolia = S. x hampeanaHybrid CampionSilene dioica x latifolia = S. x hampeanaThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaTall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceusTall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus