Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
55.44133, -2.05507
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Chaffinch
- ✦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
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Chaffinch
- ✦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 — Pheasant, Chaffinch, Swallow +78 more · last seen 2025; Moorland — golden plover, curlew and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Pheasant, Chaffinch, Swallow +78 more · last seen 2025; Grass moorland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Dark Crottle, Rhizocarpon geographicum, Parmelia saxatilis s. lat. +28 more · last seen 2012
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Peacock, Eristalis pertinax +54 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route10.2 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 10.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route8 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 8 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route6.1 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 6.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route347 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 347 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
From fields to forts — Greaves Ash’s role in Roman Britain
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