North gate tower of Roman Eastgate, part of Lincoln Roman colonia (Lindum) and part of Roman town wall and ditch
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✦Heritage♿Easy
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
53.23551, -0.53524
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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
- ☕Cloister Refectory — 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
- ☕Cloister Refectory — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 13 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
Greestone Stairspublic footpath · 2 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 2 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: footway
Greestone Stairspublic footpath · 36 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 36 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: footway
West Bightpublic footpath · 33 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 33 mPath type: unclassified
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
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Remains of North Tower of Lindum Colonia East Gate
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Wildlife to spot
18,540 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,540 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Grey Heron · Magpie · Moorhen · Mute Swan · Mallard +42
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Eristalis tenax · Green Shieldbug · Xanthogramma pedissequum +29
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
Traveller's-joy · Butterfly-bush · Primrose · Garden Grape-hyacinth · Alexanders +26
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2025
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- LungwortPulmonaria officinalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,540 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Grey Heron · Magpie · Moorhen · Mute Swan · Mallard +42
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Eristalis tenax · Green Shieldbug · Xanthogramma pedissequum +29
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
Traveller's-joy · Butterfly-bush · Primrose · Garden Grape-hyacinth · Alexanders +26
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2025
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- LungwortPulmonaria officinalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cleavers
Cleavers
Galium aparine
Galium aparine
Lesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaYellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescensYellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescensRedshankCeratodon purpureusRedshankCeratodon purpureusDune Thread-mossBryum dichotomumDune Thread-mossBryum dichotomumWhitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicansWhitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicansField Forklet-mossDicranella staphylinaField Forklet-mossDicranella staphylinaCrescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciataCrescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciataStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumHeath Star MossCampylopus introflexusHeath Star MossCampylopus introflexusBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataWhite-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanumWhite-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanumCylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanusCylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanusSand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformisSand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformisSand Feather-mossBrachythecium mildeanumSand Feather-mossBrachythecium mildeanumSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusHornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianumHornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianumFern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinumFern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumWinter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2025Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2025Yellow-flowered StrawberryPotentilla indica2025Yellow-flowered StrawberryPotentilla indica2025White Ramping-fumitoryFumaria capreolata2025White Ramping-fumitoryFumaria capreolata2025Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025