Greetwell medieval village, cultivation and post-medieval garden remains
21 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome21 ha
Getting here
53.23207, -0.48227
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ✦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
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ✦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, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +46 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +46 more · last seen 2026; Good quality semi-improved grassland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Dark-edged Bee-fly +14 more · last seen 2026; Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Stephen Langton Trail
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 25 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Stephen Langton TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Steep HillWalking route▾
Named routeIncline 14%
Plossland RoundWalking route▾
Spires and Steeples TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Water Rail Waypublic footpath · 885 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 885 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
62 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lincoln Eastern Bypass NMU pathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Lincoln to Humber
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
North Hykeham Relief Road / Lincoln Southern Bypass NMU RouteCycling route▾
Named routeNational Cycle Network
Lincoln to Branston cycle pathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Hawthorn Road Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Wragby Road & Bunkers Hill Cycle TrackCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
9 public paths nearby
Public paths
Greetwell Fields Lanebridleway · 575 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 575 mPath type: unclassified
Photos
Greetwell medieval and post medieval settlement and cultivation: aerial 2021
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
12,515 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,515 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Wren · Robin +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Cytilus sericeus · Cartodere bifasciata +12
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Cytilus sericeusCytilus sericeus
- Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata
- Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus
🌿Plants8 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Red Clover · Spindle · Common Centaury · Traveller's-joy · Red Bartsia +3
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- SpindleEuonymus europaeus
- Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
- Greater SpearwortRanunculus lingua
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,515 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Wren · Robin +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Cytilus sericeus · Cartodere bifasciata +12
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Cytilus sericeusCytilus sericeus
- Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata
- Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus
🌿Plants8 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Red Clover · Spindle · Common Centaury · Traveller's-joy · Red Bartsia +3
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- SpindleEuonymus europaeus
- Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
- Greater SpearwortRanunculus lingua
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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