Sheriff Hutton quadrangular castle and early garden earthworks
13 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
54.08638, -1.00644
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodlark and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 179m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodlark and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 179m 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 — Woodlark, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +69 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: SHERIFF HUTTON CASTLE
Free
Birds — Woodlark, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +69 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis tenax, Chocolate Mining Bee, Tawny Mining Bee +80 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Marsh Gentian, Hyacinthoides, Dog-rose +35 more · last seen 2022
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 38 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route134 km▾
Named routeLength 134 kmRegional walking route
Ebor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Foss WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Church Endpublic footpath · 148 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 148 mPath type: unclassified
Coach Roadpublic footpath · 1 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1 kmPath type: service
Church Endpublic footpath · 107 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 107 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,000 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,000 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodlark · Barn Owl · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin +44
- WoodlarkLullula arborea2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus2023
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Mole · Badger · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Eristalis tenax · Syrphus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Common Bluebottle · Batman Hoverfly +17
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023
- SyrphusSyrphus2023
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina2024
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,000 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodlark · Barn Owl · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin +44
- WoodlarkLullula arborea2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus2023
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Mole · Badger · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Eristalis tenax · Syrphus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Common Bluebottle · Batman Hoverfly +17
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023
- SyrphusSyrphus2023
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina2024
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum2024Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum202410-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202310-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2023Banded Rose SpindlerAllantus cinctus2023Banded Rose SpindlerAllantus cinctus2023Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2023Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2023Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2023Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2023Back-SwimmerNotonecta2023Back-SwimmerNotonecta2023EupeodesEupeodes2023EupeodesEupeodes2023EumerusEumerus2023EumerusEumerus2023Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2023Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2023Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2023Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2023Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2023Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2023Phasia obesaPhasia obesa2023Phasia obesaPhasia obesa2023Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023Events & activities nearby
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