Site of Fotheringhay Priory
1 ha
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✦Heritage🦋Insects🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.52538, -0.43969
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦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
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦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
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
Good quality semi-improved grassland priority habitat
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Hereward WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
National Byway (Northamptonshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeLength 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route63 m▾
Named routeRef 53Length 63 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route188 m▾
Named routeLength 188 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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View from the churchyard, Fotheringhay
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Wildlife to spot
3,209 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,209 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Skylark · Blue Tit +32
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Long-winged Cone-head · Banded Demoiselle
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Small-flowered Crane's-bill · Silverweed · Black Bryony · English Elm · Elder +74
- Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
- SilverweedPotentilla anserina
- Black BryonyTamus communis
- English ElmUlmus procera
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Wild CherryPrunus avium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,209 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Skylark · Blue Tit +32
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Long-winged Cone-head · Banded Demoiselle
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Small-flowered Crane's-bill · Silverweed · Black Bryony · English Elm · Elder +74
- Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
- SilverweedPotentilla anserina
- Black BryonyTamus communis
- English ElmUlmus procera
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Wild CherryPrunus avium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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