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Hanging Grimston medieval settlement adjacent to Mount Pleasant Farm

13 ha

📷 DS Pugh · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

BirdsWildlifeHeritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha

Getting here

54.02916, -0.78202

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
  • ✦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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch +63 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Wildlife

Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch +63 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Heritage

Historic site with public access

Free

Foraging

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort, Pointed Spear-moss, Ground-ivy +43 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens; Insects — Rhinoceros Beetle, Malthodes marginatus, Poecilus cupreus +7 more · last seen 2022

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route134 km
Named routeLength 134 kmRegional walking route
Yorkshire Wolds WayWalking route127 km
Named routeLength 127 kmNational walking route
Minster WayWalking route80 km
Named routeLength 80 kmRegional walking route
Chalkland WayWalking route59 km
Named routeRef N28Length 59 kmRegional walking route
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Cycling

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Yorkshire Wolds Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeRound tripNational Cycle Network
NCN National Route 167Cycling route
Named routeRef 167National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route623 m
Named routeRef 167Length 623 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route80 m
Named routeRef 167Length 80 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.2 km
Named routeRef 167Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Sheep near Mount Pleasant Farm

📷 DS Pugh · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Sheep near Mount Pleasant Farm

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Old WoodUrban park2.9 km→✦Site of Archbishop's moated palace and fishponds, Hall Garth.Historic site4.6 km→🌱Wayrham Picnic SiteUrban park4.8 km→✦Aldro earthworks: a linear boundary, two cross-dykes and nine round barrows on Birdsall WoldHistoric site3 km→✦Section of linear boundary dyke 390m west of South Wold FarmHistoric site3.3 km→✦A cross-dyke from Birdsall Brow to Vessey Pasture Dale incorporating two bowl barrows and a cross-dyke extending from Water DaleHistoric site3.6 km→