Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
54.11252, -2.37151
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Chaffinch
- ✦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
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Chaffinch
- ✦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, Chaffinch, Jackdaw +81 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Chaffinch, Jackdaw +81 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Mesembrina meridiana, Philopotamus montanus +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Tamarisk-moss, Red-stemmed Feather-moss, Giant Bellflower +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Pennine Cycleway
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Pennine Way (Horton in Ribblesdale to Hawes)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Three Peaks WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ribble WayWalking route114 km▾
The Ribble Way follows the valley of the River Ribble from the mouth to the source near to the Pennine Way National Trail on Gayle Moor.
Named routeLength 114 kmRegional walking route
Pennine Way (Malham to Horton in Ribblesdale)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Dales High WayWalking route145 km▾
Runs from Saltaire (West Yorkshire) to Appleby-in-Westmorland (Cumbria) roughly following route of Settle and Carlisle railway
Named routeLength 145 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
National Byway Trans-Pennine SpurCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Yorkshire Dales CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef YDCRegional cycle route
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route248 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 248 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Yorkshire Dales)Mountain bike route172.2 km▾
Named routeLength 172.2 km
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,973 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,973 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Rook · Dipper +48
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwiftApus apus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Common GullLarus canus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects15 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Mesembrina meridiana · Scathophaga stercoraria · Melanostoma scalare · Acrossus rufipes +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
Common Tamarisk-moss · Water Avens · Betony · Sweet Cicely
- Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
- Water AvensGeum rivale
- BetonyBetonica officinalis
- Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,973 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Rook · Dipper +48
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwiftApus apus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Common GullLarus canus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects15 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Mesembrina meridiana · Scathophaga stercoraria · Melanostoma scalare · Acrossus rufipes +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
Common Tamarisk-moss · Water Avens · Betony · Sweet Cicely
- Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
- Water AvensGeum rivale
- BetonyBetonica officinalis
- Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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