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Jordan Castle: ringwork, possible enclosures, pond and ridge and furrow

3 ha

📷 Jonathan Clitheroe · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome3 ha

Getting here

53.19157, -0.98506

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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
🍄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

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄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

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Smoky Bracket, Conocybe subovalis, Twotone Funnel +148 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Smoky Bracket, Conocybe subovalis, Twotone Funnel +148 more · last seen 2025

Varies

Foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Blackfoot Polypore, Jelly Ear, Bald Inkcap +13 more foraging species; Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Orange-tip, Common Blue, Small Tortoiseshell +129 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Orange-tip, Common Blue, Small Tortoiseshell +129 more · last seen 2025

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Swallow +39 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Swallow +39 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Even Scalewort, Short-leaved Pocket-moss, Pellucid Four-tooth Moss +94 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Even Scalewort, Short-leaved Pocket-moss, Pellucid Four-tooth Moss +94 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Robin Hood WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Park Lanepublic footpath · 2.4 km

Public pathpublic footpathLength 2.4 kmPath type: footway

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Nottinghamshire)Cycling route

The National Byway in Nottinghamshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

National Byway (Southwell Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Cocking Moor Lanebridleway · 701 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 701 mSurface gravelPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

14,387 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

14,387 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds12 species

winter

2025

Green Woodpecker · Robin · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Great Spotted Woodpecker +7

Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs

🐝

Insects3 species

summer

2025

Box Bug · 22-spot Ladybird · Ledra aurita

Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Ledra auritaLedra aurita

🌿

Plants116 species

summer

2025

Black-grass · Wild Carrot · Rosa canina · Bracken · Equal-leaved Knotgrass +111

Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
Rosa caninaRosa canina
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum
Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
ElderSambucus nigra
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
HazelCorylus avellana
White CloverTrifolium repens
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
RowanSorbus aucuparia
DandelionTaraxacum
Salix fragilisSalix fragilis
Field MapleAcer campestre
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Red CampionSilene dioica
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Common NettleUrtica dioica
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Evening PrimroseOenothera
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
BrambleRubus fruticosus
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
AshFraxinus excelsior
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Black BryonyTamus communis
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
HollyIlex aquifolium
NipplewortLapsana communis
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Annual MercuryMercurialis annua
Fat-henChenopodium album
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
Italian AlderAlnus cordata
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata
Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Greater Burnet-saxifragePimpinella major
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Annual Beard-grassPolypogon monspeliensis
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina
Oil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleifera
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
Rat's-tail FescueVulpia myuros
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
DewberryRubus caesius
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
IvyHedera helix
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Field PansyViola arvensis
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Hedera helixHedera helix
Wild CherryPrunus avium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

14,387 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds12 species

winter

2025

Green Woodpecker · Robin · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Great Spotted Woodpecker +7

Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs

🐝

Insects3 species

summer

2025

Box Bug · 22-spot Ladybird · Ledra aurita

Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Ledra auritaLedra aurita

🌿

Plants116 species

summer

2025

Black-grass · Wild Carrot · Rosa canina · Bracken · Equal-leaved Knotgrass +111

Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
Rosa caninaRosa canina
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum
Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
ElderSambucus nigra
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
HazelCorylus avellana
White CloverTrifolium repens
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
RowanSorbus aucuparia
DandelionTaraxacum
Salix fragilisSalix fragilis
Field MapleAcer campestre
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Red CampionSilene dioica
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Common NettleUrtica dioica
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Evening PrimroseOenothera
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
BrambleRubus fruticosus
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
AshFraxinus excelsior
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Black BryonyTamus communis
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
HollyIlex aquifolium
NipplewortLapsana communis
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Annual MercuryMercurialis annua
Fat-henChenopodium album
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
Italian AlderAlnus cordata
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata
Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Greater Burnet-saxifragePimpinella major
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Annual Beard-grassPolypogon monspeliensis
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina
Oil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleifera
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
Rat's-tail FescueVulpia myuros
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
DewberryRubus caesius
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
IvyHedera helix
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Field PansyViola arvensis
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Hedera helixHedera helix
Wild CherryPrunus avium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jonathan Clitheroe · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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