Medieval moated site, settlement and cultivation remains, post-medieval park and garden, Thorpe Latimer
15 ha
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
52.94383, -0.31252
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Great Tit
- ✦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
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Great Tit
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Great Tit, Woodpigeon +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
Mammals — Grey Squirrel, Feral Cat, Hedgehog +11 more · last seen 2024
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Red Admiral, Peacock +31 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 public paths nearby
Public paths
School Lanepublic footpath · 113 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 113 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
South Drovepublic footpath · 3.6 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 3.6 kmPath type: unclassified
1 signed route nearby
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Road to Swaton at Thorpe Latimer
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Wildlife to spot
2,879 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,879 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Little Owl · Collared Dove · Kestrel +22
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2024▾
Fallow Deer · Hedgehog
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2023▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects19 species
springsummer
2024▾
Small Tortoiseshell · Small White · Red Admiral · Painted Lady · Comma +14
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album2019
- Peacock
Creeping Bent · Meadowsweet · Fat Duckweed · Amphibious Bistort · Branched Bur-reed +104
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Fat DuckweedLemna gibba
- Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
- Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria
- Great Bindweed
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,879 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Little Owl · Collared Dove · Kestrel +22
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2024▾
Fallow Deer · Hedgehog
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2023▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects19 species
springsummer
2024▾
Small Tortoiseshell · Small White · Red Admiral · Painted Lady · Comma +14
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album2019
- Peacock
Creeping Bent · Meadowsweet · Fat Duckweed · Amphibious Bistort · Branched Bur-reed +104
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Fat DuckweedLemna gibba
- Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
- Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria
- Great Bindweed
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Aglais io2019
Aglais io2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Platystoma seminationisPlatystoma seminationisPlatystoma seminationisPlatystoma seminationisSphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Calystegia sepium subsp. sepium
Calystegia sepium subsp. sepium
Clustered DockRumex conglomeratusClustered DockRumex conglomeratusReed Sweet-grassGlyceria maximaReed Sweet-grassGlyceria maximaGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumArrowheadSagittaria sagittifoliaArrowheadSagittaria sagittifoliaNuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttalliiNuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttalliiFool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorumFool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorumShining PondweedPotamogeton lucensShining PondweedPotamogeton lucensReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaGorseUlex europaeus2019GorseUlex europaeus2019Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2019Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2019Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2019Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2019Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2019Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2019Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2019Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2019Hare's-foot CloverTrifolium arvense2019Hare's-foot CloverTrifolium arvense2019Plantago major subsp. majorPlantago major subsp. major2019Plantago major subsp. majorPlantago major subsp. major2019Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2019Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2019Common FiddleneckAmsinckia micrantha2019Common FiddleneckAmsinckia micrantha2019ElderSambucus nigra2019ElderSambucus nigra2019White Dead-nettleLamium album2019White Dead-nettleLamium album2019Heracleum sphondylium subsp. sphondyliumHeracleum sphondylium subsp. sphondylium2019Heracleum sphondylium subsp. sphondyliumHeracleum sphondylium subsp. sphondylium2019TimothyPhleum pratense2019TimothyPhleum pratense2019WeldReseda luteola2019WeldReseda luteola2019AppleMalus domestica2019AppleMalus domestica2019Black MedickMedicago lupulina2019Black MedickMedicago lupulina2019Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2019Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2019Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2019Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2019Urtica dioica subsp. dioicaUrtica dioica subsp. dioica2019Urtica dioica subsp. dioicaUrtica dioica subsp. dioica2019HawthornCrataegus monogyna2019HawthornCrataegus monogyna2019White CampionSilene latifolia2019White CampionSilene latifolia2019Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2019Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2019Rosa caninaRosa canina2019Rosa caninaRosa canina2019Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2019Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2019Common MallowMalva sylvestris2019Common MallowMalva sylvestris2019MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2019MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2019Wild-oatAvena fatua2019Wild-oatAvena fatua2019Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2019Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2019Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2019Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2019Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2019Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2019Sonchus arvensis subsp. arvensisSonchus arvensis subsp. arvensis2019Sonchus arvensis subsp. arvensisSonchus arvensis subsp. arvensis2019Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum2019Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum2019BrambleRubus fruticosus2019BrambleRubus fruticosus2019CowslipPrimula veris2019CowslipPrimula veris2019Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2019Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2019Common OracheAtriplex patula2019Common OracheAtriplex patula2019Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2019Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2019Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2019Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2019American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2019American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2019Black HorehoundBallota nigra2019Black HorehoundBallota nigra2019Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2019Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2019GroundselSenecio vulgaris2019GroundselSenecio vulgaris2019Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2019Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2019BlackthornPrunus spinosa2019BlackthornPrunus spinosa2019False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2019False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2019Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2019Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2019Common CouchElymus repens2019Common CouchElymus repens2019BrackenPteridium aquilinum2019BrackenPteridium aquilinum2019Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2019Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2019Common RestharrowOnonis repens2019Common RestharrowOnonis repens2019Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2019Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2019Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2019Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2019Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2019Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2019Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2019Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2019Cytisus scoparius subsp. scopariusCytisus scoparius subsp. scoparius2019Cytisus scoparius subsp. scopariusCytisus scoparius subsp. scoparius2019AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2019AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2019Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2019Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2019Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2019Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2019Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2019Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2019Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2019Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2019Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2019Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2019Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2019Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2019Common Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus subsp. hordeaceus2019Common Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus subsp. hordeaceus2019Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2019Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2019Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2019Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2019Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2019Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2019Curled DockRumex crispus2019Curled DockRumex crispus2019Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2019Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2019Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2019Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2019Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2019Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2019CharlockSinapis arvensis2019CharlockSinapis arvensis2019Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2019Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2019PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2019PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2019CleaversGalium aparine2019CleaversGalium aparine2019Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2019Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2019Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2019Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2019Wild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carota2019Wild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carota2019Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2019Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2019Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2019Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2019Tufted VetchVicia cracca2019Tufted VetchVicia cracca2019YarrowAchillea millefolium2019YarrowAchillea millefolium2019Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2019Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2019Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum2019Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum2019Hard RushJuncus inflexus2019Hard RushJuncus inflexus2019Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia2019Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia2019Red CloverTrifolium pratense2019Red CloverTrifolium pratense2019Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2019Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2019Lotus corniculatus var. sativusLotus corniculatus var. sativus2019Lotus corniculatus var. sativusLotus corniculatus var. sativus2019KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2019KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2019AshFraxinus excelsior2019AshFraxinus excelsior2019Fat-henChenopodium album2019Fat-henChenopodium album2019Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2019Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2019White CloverTrifolium repens2019White CloverTrifolium repens2019