Hagnaby Abbey: a Premonstratensian abbey and a post-medieval house and formal garden
7 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds✦Heritage
Free entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
53.30202, 0.22588
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ✦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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ✦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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl; Birds — Jackdaw, Kestrel, Carrion Crow +30 more · last seen 2025
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Large White, Peacock, Red Admiral +13 more · last seen 2019; Insects — Large White, Peacock, Red Admiral +13 more · last seen 2019
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Canadian Waterweed, Nuttall's Waterweed · last seen 2018; Plants — Canadian Waterweed, Nuttall's Waterweed · last seen 2018
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
King Charles III England Coast Path: Skegness to MablethorpeWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
2000 CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route C3Cycling route▾
Wainfleet to Alford
Named routeRef C3Local cycle route
Route C1Cycling route▾
Alford to Spilsby
Named routeRef C1Local cycle route
Route C7Cycling route▾
Alford to Mablethorpe
Named routeRef C7Local cycle route
Route C4Cycling route▾
Alford Circular Route
Named routeRef C4Local cycle route
Photos
Site of Premonstratensian Abbey north of Hagnaby: aerial 2018
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Wildlife to spot
1,538 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,538 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Jackdaw · Robin · Woodpigeon · Collared Dove · Blackbird +27
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Water Vole
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
Peacock · Red Admiral · Large White · Small White · Small Tortoiseshell +8
- PeacockAglais io
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
- CommaPolygonia c-album
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Pot Marigold
- Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,538 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Jackdaw · Robin · Woodpigeon · Collared Dove · Blackbird +27
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Water Vole
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
Peacock · Red Admiral · Large White · Small White · Small Tortoiseshell +8
- PeacockAglais io
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
- CommaPolygonia c-album
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Pot Marigold
- Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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