Plan your visit
🦅 Birds✦ Heritage🦉 Wildlife
Public access Dogs welcome 288 ha
Getting here
53.97869, -1.39620
Open directionsv Ribston Hall is a privately owned 17th-century country mansion situated on the banks of the River Nidd, at Great Ribston, near Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Read more on Wikipedia → English country house Grade II listed park and garden
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 42+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Woodpigeon ✦ 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
🐦 42+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Woodpigeon ✦ 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 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swallow, Woodpigeon, Rook +39 more · last seen 2023; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: STABLES TO NORTH OF RIBSTON HALL
Free
Birds — Swallow, Woodpigeon, Rook +39 more · last seen 2023; Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell +91 more · last seen 2024; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Giant Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam, Dune Thread-moss +33 more · last seen 2023
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby · 21 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Harrogate Ringway Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Knaresborough Round Walking route 32 km ▾
Named route Length 32 km Local walking route
Show on map Harrogate and Knaresborough Heritage Trail Walking route ▾
35 km trail passing many historic buildings and sites. Not waymarked. Easy walking.
Named route Local walking route
Show on map South Park Lane public footpath · 86 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 86 m Path type: service
Show on map 27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Yorkshire) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map NCN National Route 665 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 665 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 67 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 67 National Cycle Network
Show on map West Yorkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref WYCR Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 636 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 636 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 555 m ▾
Named route Ref 636 Length 555 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The Kestrel Mountain bike route ▾
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos Lodges and bridge at Ribston Hall
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Wildlife to spot
1,896 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,896 records · National Biodiversity Network Swallow · Rook · Lapwing · Wren · Jackdaw +14
Swallow Hirundo rustica2022 Rook Corvus frugilegus2022 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2022 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2022 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2022 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2022 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2022 Raven Corvus corax2022 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2022 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2022 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2022 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2022 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2022 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2022 Greylag Goose Anser anser2022 Great Tit Parus major2022 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2022 Swift Apus apus2022 American Mink · Soprano Pipistrelle · Otter · Hedgehog
American Mink Neovison vison2022 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Otter Lutra lutra2022 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2023 🐝 Insects 43 species
summer autumn
2024 ▾
Painted Lady · Small White · Marmalade Hoverfly · Small Tortoiseshell · Small Skipper +38
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019 Small White Pieris rapae2019 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019 Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris2019 Green-veined White Giant Hogweed
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,896 records · National Biodiversity Network Swallow · Rook · Lapwing · Wren · Jackdaw +14
Swallow Hirundo rustica2022 Rook Corvus frugilegus2022 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2022 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2022 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2022 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2022 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2022 Raven Corvus corax2022 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2022 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2022 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2022 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2022 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2022 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2022 Greylag Goose Anser anser2022 Great Tit Parus major2022 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2022 Swift Apus apus2022 American Mink · Soprano Pipistrelle · Otter · Hedgehog
American Mink Neovison vison2022 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Otter Lutra lutra2022 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2023 🐝 Insects 43 species
summer autumn
2024 ▾
Painted Lady · Small White · Marmalade Hoverfly · Small Tortoiseshell · Small Skipper +38
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019 Small White Pieris rapae2019 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019 Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris2019 Green-veined White Giant Hogweed
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pieris napi2019
Pieris napi2019
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Eupeodes latifasciatus Eupeodes latifasciatus
Eupeodes latifasciatus Eupeodes latifasciatus
Field Digger Wasp Mellinus arvensis
Field Digger Wasp Mellinus arvensis
Silver Y Autographa gamma2019
Silver Y Autographa gamma2019
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019
Lasioglossum Lasioglossum
Lasioglossum Lasioglossum
Ivy Bee Colletes hederae
Ivy Bee Colletes hederae
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii
Mesembrina meridiana Mesembrina meridiana
Mesembrina meridiana Mesembrina meridiana
Turnip Tigress Athalia rosae
Turnip Tigress Athalia rosae
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens
Aphrophora alni Aphrophora alni
Aphrophora alni Aphrophora alni
Hornet Vespa crabro2020
Hornet Vespa crabro2020
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum2020
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum2020
Snout Hypena proboscidalis2019
Snout Hypena proboscidalis2019
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2019
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2019
Wall Lasiommata megera2019
Wall Lasiommata megera2019
Shaded Broad-bar Scotopteryx chenopodiata2019
Shaded Broad-bar Scotopteryx chenopodiata2019
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019
Six-spot Burnet Zygaena filipendulae2019
Six-spot Burnet Zygaena filipendulae2019
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2019
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2019
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2019
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2019
Large White Pieris brassicae2019
Large White Pieris brassicae2019
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Common Wave Cabera exanthemata2019
Common Wave Cabera exanthemata2019
Purple Hairstreak Favonius quercus2019
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