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Kirklinton Hall

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📷 Rose and Trev Clough · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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54.99807, -2.88396

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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Kirklinton Hall — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ 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
☕Kirklinton Hall — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Café

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Treecreeper, Whitethroat, Magpie +49 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Treecreeper, Whitethroat, Magpie +49 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Bluebell, Moschatel +63 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Bluebell, Moschatel +63 more · last seen 2023

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Dark Arches, Buff Ermine, Flame +32 more · last seen 2022; Insects — Dark Arches, Buff Ermine, Flame +32 more · last seen 2022

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Birch Mazegill, Armillaria · last seen 2020; Fungi — Birch Mazegill, Armillaria · last seen 2020

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Cycling

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Reivers' RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network

Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route520 m

Named routeRef 7Length 520 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route14.4 km

Named routeRef 10Length 14.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route9 m

Named routeRef 10Length 9 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route46 m

Named routeRef 7Length 46 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other

Wildlife to spot

1,301 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,301 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds1 species

winter

2025

Barn Owl

Barn OwlTyto alba

🌿

Plants139 species

summer

2024

Bramble · Silverweed · Bracken · Cleavers · Marsh Foxtail +134

BrambleRubus fruticosus
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
CleaversGalium aparine
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
DandelionTaraxacum
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
HawkweedHieracium
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Hedera helixHedera helix
BurdockArctium
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Downy BirchBetula pubescens
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Phleum pratensePhleum pratense
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
BeechFagus sylvatica
Red CampionSilene dioica
HollyIlex aquifolium
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
ElderSambucus nigra
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Sessile OakQuercus petraea
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Greater PlantainPlantago major
AshFraxinus excelsior
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
BugleAjuga reptans
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
White CloverTrifolium repens
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Common NettleUrtica dioica
HazelCorylus avellana
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
NipplewortLapsana communis
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
BroomCytisus scoparius
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Bearded CouchElymus caninus
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
TormentilPotentilla erecta
GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
Curled DockRumex crispus
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Common BistortBistorta officinalis
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
DaisyBellis perennis
BeetBeta vulgaris
Common Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahit
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Callitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalis
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Common CouchElymus repens
Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia
Fat-henChenopodium album
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
GorseUlex europaeus
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,301 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds1 species

winter

2025

Barn Owl

Barn OwlTyto alba

🌿

Plants139 species

summer

2024

Bramble · Silverweed · Bracken · Cleavers · Marsh Foxtail +134

BrambleRubus fruticosus
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
CleaversGalium aparine
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
DandelionTaraxacum
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
HawkweedHieracium
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Hedera helixHedera helix
BurdockArctium
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Downy BirchBetula pubescens
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Phleum pratensePhleum pratense
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
BeechFagus sylvatica
Red CampionSilene dioica
HollyIlex aquifolium
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
ElderSambucus nigra
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Sessile OakQuercus petraea
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Greater PlantainPlantago major
AshFraxinus excelsior
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
BugleAjuga reptans
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
White CloverTrifolium repens
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Common NettleUrtica dioica
HazelCorylus avellana
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
NipplewortLapsana communis
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
BroomCytisus scoparius
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Bearded CouchElymus caninus
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
TormentilPotentilla erecta
GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
Curled DockRumex crispus
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Common BistortBistorta officinalis
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
DaisyBellis perennis
BeetBeta vulgaris
Common Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahit
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Callitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalis
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Common CouchElymus repens
Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia
Fat-henChenopodium album
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
GorseUlex europaeus
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Rose and Trev Clough · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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