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Lucy Tower

📷 Richard Croft · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
☕Castle Cafe — 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
☕Castle Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· PaidToilets

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Moorhen +77 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Moorhen +77 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, 14-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +65 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, 14-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +65 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Cleavers, Lesser Celandine, Yellow Corydalis +41 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Cleavers, Lesser Celandine, Yellow Corydalis +41 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 30 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%

Fossdyke Canal TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Spires and Steeples TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

The Parkpublic footpath · 49 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 49 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified

St Peter's Passagepublic footpath · 30 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 30 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway

Gibraltar Hillpublic footpath · 91 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 91 mPath type: residential

🚴

Cycling

69 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Lincoln - Saxilby Cycle PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

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

Wildlife to spot

23,644 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

23,644 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

autumnwinter

2026

Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull · Greylag Goose · Mallard · Long-tailed Tit +43

Mute SwanCygnus olor
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Roe Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winterspring

2026

Smooth Newt · Common Toad

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects9 species

winter

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Varied Carpet Beetle · Carabus nemoralis +4

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Sylvicola

🌿

Plants24 species

winter

2026

Primrose · Garden Grape-hyacinth · Alexanders · Lungwort · Cleavers +19

PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
LungwortPulmonaria officinalis
CleaversGalium aparine
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

23,644 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

autumnwinter

2026

Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull · Greylag Goose · Mallard · Long-tailed Tit +43

Mute SwanCygnus olor
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Roe Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winterspring

2026

Smooth Newt · Common Toad

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects9 species

winter

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Varied Carpet Beetle · Carabus nemoralis +4

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Sylvicola

🌿

Plants24 species

winter

2026

Primrose · Garden Grape-hyacinth · Alexanders · Lungwort · Cleavers +19

PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
LungwortPulmonaria officinalis
CleaversGalium aparine
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Richard Croft · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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