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Oakham Castle

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📷 Mat Fascione · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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52.67097, -0.72741

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Castle Cottage — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Castle Cottage — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· PaidPlaygroundToilets

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull +75 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Alyxoria culmigena · last seen 2025; Fungi — Alyxoria culmigena · last seen 2025

Varies

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Yarrow, Red Dead-nettle, Common Chickweed +4 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Yarrow, Red Dead-nettle, Common Chickweed +4 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Macmillan WayWalking route290 km

Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route

Rutland RoundWalking route105 km

Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route

Leicestershire RoundWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Hereward WayWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

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Cycling

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route

National Byway in Rutland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

National Byway (Oakham Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Route 63Cycling route

Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network

Rutland Water CircuitCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route546 m

Named routeRef 63Length 546 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route890 m

Named routeRef 63Length 890 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

130,977 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

130,977 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Chaffinch +47

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great TitParus major2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
LapwingVanellus vanellus
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
CootFulica atra2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Muntjac

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi

🌿

Plants7 species

spring

2026

Yarrow · Red Dead-nettle · Common Chickweed · Common Whitlowgrass · Sweet Violet +2

YarrowAchillea millefolium
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Sweet VioletViola odorata
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
DaisyBellis perennis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

130,977 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Chaffinch +47

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great TitParus major2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
LapwingVanellus vanellus
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
CootFulica atra2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Muntjac

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi

🌿

Plants7 species

spring

2026

Yarrow · Red Dead-nettle · Common Chickweed · Common Whitlowgrass · Sweet Violet +2

YarrowAchillea millefolium
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Sweet VioletViola odorata
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
DaisyBellis perennis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Mat Fascione · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The great hall of Oakham Castle

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