Prehistoric and medieval settlements with fields and enclosures together with Bronze Age cairns and medieval alluvial streamwork at Garrow Tor
105 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome105 ha
Getting here
50.57406, -4.62258
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wheatear and Stonechat
- ✦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
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wheatear and Stonechat
- ✦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 — Wheatear, Stonechat, Cuckoo +67 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Wheatear, Stonechat, Cuckoo +67 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Marsh Fritillary, Small Heath, Meadow Brown +35 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 km1 signed route nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Farm TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef FTLocal walking route
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.9 km▾
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Main RouteCycling route3.1 km▾
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Main RouteCycling route870 m▾
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Main RouteCycling route737 m▾
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Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
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Garrow Tor Prehistoric House
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,691 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,691 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swallow · Skylark · Redstart · Wheatear · Meadow Pipit +41
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Rabbit · Roe Deer · Domestic Cattle
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Domestic CattleBos taurus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Adder · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Large Red Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Common Darter · Beautiful Demoiselle · Emperor Dragonfly +10
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
- Common Blue Damselfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,691 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swallow · Skylark · Redstart · Wheatear · Meadow Pipit +41
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Rabbit · Roe Deer · Domestic Cattle
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Domestic CattleBos taurus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Adder · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Large Red Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Common Darter · Beautiful Demoiselle · Emperor Dragonfly +10
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
- Common Blue Damselfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Enallagma cyathigerum
Enallagma cyathigerum
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisCarabus problematicusCarabus problematicusCarabus problematicusCarabus problematicusNotch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialisNotch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialisGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiKeeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescensKeeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescensSericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2023Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2023Events & activities nearby
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