Great Ayton Methodist Church
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.48927, -1.13667
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Stamps Coffeee Shop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Stamps Coffeee Shop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Lily Beetle, Large White, Small White +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Bluebell, Hyacinthoides +25 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Walk GreenWalking route▾
Walk RedWalking route▾
Walk WhiteWalking route▾
Tees LinkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Marton West BeckWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
38 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 165Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 165National Cycle Network
RCN Regional Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 168Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 168National Cycle Network
Guisborough LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef GuisboroughLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 4Cycling route▾
Alternative route of EV12 between Whitby and Brotton following national routes 165 and 168.
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route170 m▾
Named routeRef 165Length 170 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Moors to SeaMountain bike route▾
Guisborough Forest Red RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
Guisborough Forest Blue RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue
Forest Enterprise Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
6,055 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,055 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springsummer
2026▾
Mallard · Dipper · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird +46
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Rabbit · Pipistrelle Bat species
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2024
🐝Insects33 species
springsummer
2025▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · Hairy Shieldbug · Eupeodes · Platycheirus albimanus · Rhabdomiris striatellus +28
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Rhabdomiris striatellusRhabdomiris striatellus2024
- Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae
🌿Plants13 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Nettle · Common Bistort · Foxglove · Red Campion · Bracken +8
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Common BistortBistorta officinalis2024
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
- Red CampionSilene dioica2024
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
- Wood Avens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,055 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springsummer
2026▾
Mallard · Dipper · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird +46
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Rabbit · Pipistrelle Bat species
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2024
🐝Insects33 species
springsummer
2025▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · Hairy Shieldbug · Eupeodes · Platycheirus albimanus · Rhabdomiris striatellus +28
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Rhabdomiris striatellusRhabdomiris striatellus2024
- Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae
🌿Plants13 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Nettle · Common Bistort · Foxglove · Red Campion · Bracken +8
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Common BistortBistorta officinalis2024
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
- Red CampionSilene dioica2024
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
- Wood Avens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Geum urbanum2024
Geum urbanum2024
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2023HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2023Lesser BurdockArctium minus2023Lesser BurdockArctium minus2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2023Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2023