Roman villa immediately west of Horkstow Hall
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.65914, -0.51103
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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 Chaffinch and Blackbird
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Blackbird
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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 — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Goldfinch +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Goldfinch +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Psilolechia lucida, Verrucaria muralis, Verrucaria nigrescens f. nigrescens +29 more · last seen 2014
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Peacock, Small White +78 more · last seen 2020
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Nuttall's Waterweed, Canadian Waterweed, Japanese Knotweed +8 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Viking Way (Barton-upon-Humber to Barnetby)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Nev Cole WayWalking route93 km▾
Named routeLength 93 kmRegional walking route
E2 (Humber Bridge)Walking route▾
Named routeInternational walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Mablethorpe to Humber BridgeWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Lincoln to Humber
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
NCN 1 Humber Bridge east alternativeCycling route▾
Named routeNational Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route▾
Lincoln - Whitby
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Ancholme Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Horkstow Hall seen from Middlegate
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
2,758 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,758 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCetti's Warbler · Swift · Robin · Gadwall · Chaffinch +34
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- SwiftApus apus2020
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great TitParus major
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2021
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2020
Bat · Hedgehog · Daubenton's Bat
- BatChiroptera
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2020▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird · Peacock · 2-spot Ladybird · Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle +50
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- PeacockAglais io2019
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Cabbage-stem Flea BeetlePsylliodes chrysocephala
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Giant Hogweed · Nuttall's Waterweed · Ground-ivy · Silver Ragwort · Long-headed Poppy +14
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2022
- Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii2019
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Silver RagwortJacobaea maritima2024
- Long-headed PoppyPapaver dubium2023
- Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,758 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCetti's Warbler · Swift · Robin · Gadwall · Chaffinch +34
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- SwiftApus apus2020
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great TitParus major
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2021
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2020
Bat · Hedgehog · Daubenton's Bat
- BatChiroptera
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2020▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird · Peacock · 2-spot Ladybird · Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle +50
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- PeacockAglais io2019
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Cabbage-stem Flea BeetlePsylliodes chrysocephala
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Giant Hogweed · Nuttall's Waterweed · Ground-ivy · Silver Ragwort · Long-headed Poppy +14
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2022
- Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii2019
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Silver RagwortJacobaea maritima2024
- Long-headed PoppyPapaver dubium2023
- Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red Admiral
Red Admiral
Vanessa atalanta2019
Vanessa atalanta2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusSmall TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Athripsodes aterrimusAthripsodes aterrimus2019Athripsodes aterrimusAthripsodes aterrimus2019Paradromius linearisParadromius linearisParadromius linearisParadromius linearisPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusSalpingus ruficollisSalpingus ruficollisSalpingus ruficollisSalpingus ruficollisLiocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatusHarmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilisAgapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescensRhinocyllus conicusRhinocyllus conicusRhinocyllus conicusRhinocyllus conicusGatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2019Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2019Phryganea bipunctataPhryganea bipunctata2019Phryganea bipunctataPhryganea bipunctata2019Anabolia nervosaAnabolia nervosa2019Anabolia nervosaAnabolia nervosa2019Molanna angustataMolanna angustata2019Molanna angustataMolanna angustata2019Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumHeterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornisCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataNephrotoma appendiculataNephrotoma appendiculataNephrotoma appendiculataNephrotoma appendiculataEarly BumblebeeBombus pratorumEarly BumblebeeBombus pratorumBuff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestrisBuff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestrisEmpis tessellataEmpis tessellataEmpis tessellataEmpis tessellataPhyllobius virideaerisPhyllobius virideaerisPhyllobius virideaerisPhyllobius virideaerisOedemera luridaOedemera luridaOedemera luridaOedemera luridaMalachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatusMalachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatusDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorCommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019Anaspis maculataAnaspis maculata2019Anaspis maculataAnaspis maculata201916-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata201916-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2019Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)2019Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)2019Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2019Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2019Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2019Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2019Trichosirocalus troglodytesTrichosirocalus troglodytes2019Trichosirocalus troglodytesTrichosirocalus troglodytes2019Ecnomus tenellusEcnomus tenellus2019Ecnomus tenellusEcnomus tenellus20192023
2023
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023CrocusCrocus2020CrocusCrocus2020Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2020Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2020SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2020SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2020RhubarbRheum x rhabarbarum2020RhubarbRheum x rhabarbarum2020Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2020Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2020Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2020Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2020FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2020FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2020Summer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivum2020Summer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivum2020daffodilsNarcissus2020daffodilsNarcissus2020Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2020Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2020Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2020Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2020Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2019Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2019