Medieval settlement and part of field system at Castletown Farm
9 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
53.05523, -2.83828
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ✦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 — Robin, Blackbird, Wren +72 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Wren +72 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Azure Damselfly, Gatekeeper +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Marches WayWalking route▾
Rose Farm DEFRA Conservation WalksWalking route▾
Dee WayWalking route▾
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
River to RidgeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Kings Marsh BOATbyway open to all traffic · 1.7 km▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 1.7 kmPath type: track
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Stile and path at Castletown
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Wildlife to spot
8,139 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,139 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPink-footed Goose · Shelduck · Greylag Goose · Redwing · Common Gull +7
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common GullLarus canus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Badger · Grey Squirrel
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
springwinter
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024
Meadow Brown · Common Darter · Gatekeeper · Green-veined White · Small Skipper +24
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,139 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPink-footed Goose · Shelduck · Greylag Goose · Redwing · Common Gull +7
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common GullLarus canus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Badger · Grey Squirrel
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
springwinter
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024
Meadow Brown · Common Darter · Gatekeeper · Green-veined White · Small Skipper +24
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaRed AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Common Club-tailGomphus vulgatissimusCommon Club-tailGomphus vulgatissimusLarge WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBlack DarterSympetrum danae2024Black DarterSympetrum danae2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2024Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024