Settlement site E of Uffington and Barnack Station
146 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome146 ha
Getting here
52.64728, -0.39564
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ✦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 — Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit +64 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit +64 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter, Brown Hawker +187 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Greater Periwinkle, Wood Anemone, Lesser Celandine +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Hereward WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Torpel WayWalking route▾
Torpel Way (FP 69)public footpath · 2.2 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 2.2 kmPath type: footway
Torpel Waypublic footpath · 357 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 357 mPath type: footway
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
John Clare Country routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
The Deepings (Lincolnshire Cycle Routes)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Nassaburgh TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
9,685 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,685 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Barn Owl · Greenfinch
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swollen-thighed Beetle · 2-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Speckled Bush-cricket · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +3
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Yarrow · Timothy · Bristly Oxtongue · Common Sorrel · Selfheal +130
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- TimothyPhleum pratense
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,685 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Barn Owl · Greenfinch
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swollen-thighed Beetle · 2-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Speckled Bush-cricket · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +3
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Yarrow · Timothy · Bristly Oxtongue · Common Sorrel · Selfheal +130
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- TimothyPhleum pratense
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
