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Great Limber Priory

📷 Simon Tomson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

53.56180, -0.28499

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Blackbird
  • 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
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Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +77 more · last seen 2023; Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +77 more · last seen 2023

Free

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Common Orange Lichen, Physcia adscendens, Polycauliona ucrainica +56 more · last seen 2011; Fungi — Common Orange Lichen, Physcia adscendens, Polycauliona ucrainica +56 more · last seen 2011

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Large White, Small White, Peacock +26 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Large White, Small White, Peacock +26 more · last seen 2023

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Hyacinthoides, Bluebell, Red Campion +7 more · last seen 2017; Plants — Hyacinthoides, Bluebell, Red Campion +7 more · last seen 2017

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Nev Cole WayWalking route93 km
Named routeLength 93 kmRegional walking route
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Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 1Cycling route

NCN 1 Lincoln to Humber

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route

Lincoln - Whitby

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
NE Lincs local cycle networkCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route3.2 km
Named routeRef 1Length 3.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km
Named routeRef 1Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route6.6 km
Named routeRef 1Length 6.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Camera of the Knights Hospitallers, Great Limber: aerial 2022

📷 Simon Tomson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Camera of the Knights Hospitallers, Great Limber: aerial 2022

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦BROCKLESBY PARKHistoric site700 m→🌱Brocklesby ParkUrban park3.1 km→✦Site of medieval nunnery and post-Dissolution house, Nun CothamHistoric site3.2 km→✦Roman settlementHistoric site4.8 km→✦Great Limber PrioryHistoric site100 m→✦Camera of the Knights Hospitallers, medieval settlement and cultivation remains, post-medieval house and gardensHistoric site100 m→

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