Ranton Priory: a moated Augustinian priory
5 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.81593, -2.24156
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Hobby
- ✦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
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Hobby
- ✦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 — Barn Owl, Hobby, Wigeon +61 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Brown Hare, Mole, Field Vole +12 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: TOWER AT RANTON ABBEY
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Beaded Chestnut, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Large Yellow Underwing +92 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Way for the MillenniumWalking route65 km▾
Newport to Burton on Trent
Named routeLength 65 kmRegional walking route
Stone Circles ChallengeWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 55Cycling route▾
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Main RouteCycling route103 m▾
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Named routeRef 55Length 658 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route310 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 310 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 public path nearby
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Wildlife to spot
35,167 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,167 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hobby · Barn Owl · Wigeon · Goldeneye · House Martin +43
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RavenCorvus corax
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MagpiePica pica
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CootFulica atra
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
🦌Mammals13 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Brown Hare · Mole · Field Vole · Badger · Otter +8
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- OtterLutra lutra2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Volucella inanis · Lily Beetle · Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber · Mesembrina meridiana +1
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
- Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2020
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2020
Lords-and-Ladies · Chicory
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- ChicoryCichorium intybus2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,167 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hobby · Barn Owl · Wigeon · Goldeneye · House Martin +43
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RavenCorvus corax
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MagpiePica pica
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CootFulica atra
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
🦌Mammals13 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Brown Hare · Mole · Field Vole · Badger · Otter +8
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- OtterLutra lutra2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Volucella inanis · Lily Beetle · Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber · Mesembrina meridiana +1
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
- Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2020
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2020
Lords-and-Ladies · Chicory
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- ChicoryCichorium intybus2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2021
2021
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025ShrewSoricidae2025ShrewSoricidae2025HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024Brown RatRattus norvegicus2021Brown RatRattus norvegicus2021Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2020Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2020Blue-tailed Damselfly
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Ischnura elegans2020
Ischnura elegans2020
