Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.84212, -0.63475
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦33+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and House Martin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 253m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦33+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and House Martin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 253m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Pheasant, House Martin, Swift +30 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Pheasant, House Martin, Swift +30 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Lesser Yellow Underwing +147 more · last seen 2021
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Yorkshire Wolds WayWalking route127 km▾
Named routeLength 127 kmNational walking route
Wilberforce WayWalking route97 km▾
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
High Hunsley CircuitWalking route39 km▾
Named routeLength 39 kmLocal walking route
Gravelpit Lanepublic footpath · 75 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 75 mPath type: track
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Yorkshire Wolds Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripNational Cycle Network
NCN National Route 164 (south)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 164National Cycle Network
Hudson WayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 164Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route546 m▾
Named routeRef 164Length 546 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Dale Roadbridleway · 1.5 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.5 kmPath type: bridleway
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
10,022 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,022 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPheasant · House Martin · Swift · Woodpigeon · Kestrel +28
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- SwiftApus apus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2020
Mole · Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Brown Hare +1
- MoleTalpa europaea2019
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2022
🐝Insects27 species
springsummerautumn
2021▾
Common Carder Bee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Small Garden Bumblebee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · November Moth agg. +22
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2019
Bank Haircap
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,022 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPheasant · House Martin · Swift · Woodpigeon · Kestrel +28
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- SwiftApus apus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2020
Mole · Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Brown Hare +1
- MoleTalpa europaea2019
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2022
🐝Insects27 species
springsummerautumn
2021▾
Common Carder Bee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Small Garden Bumblebee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · November Moth agg. +22
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2019
Bank Haircap
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Winter Moth
Winter Moth
Operophtera brumata2019
Operophtera brumata2019
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorumEarly BumblebeeBombus pratorumBuff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestrisBuff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestrisGypsy Cuckoo BeeBombus bohemicus2020Gypsy Cuckoo BeeBombus bohemicus2020Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019Bombus lucorumBombus lucorumBombus lucorumBombus lucorumSilver YAutographa gamma2019Silver YAutographa gamma2019Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2020Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2020Dark ChestnutConistra ligula2019Dark ChestnutConistra ligula2019Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2019Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2019Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2019Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2019Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2019Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2019Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2019Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2019Rutpela maculataRutpela maculataRutpela maculataRutpela maculataFeathered ThornColotois pennaria2019Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2019Large WainscotRhizedra lutosa2019Large WainscotRhizedra lutosa2019Spruce CarpetThera britannica2019Spruce CarpetThera britannica2019Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2019Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2019ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2019Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2019Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019Events & activities nearby
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