Site of Marton Augustinian priory including mill, fishponds, and water meadows
14 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome14 ha
Getting here
54.11851, -1.10774
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦31+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Blue Tit
- ✦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
- 🐦31+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Blue Tit
- ✦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 — Swift, Blue Tit, Robin +28 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Swift, Blue Tit, Robin +28 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Lily Beetle, Agapetus fuscipes, Hydropsyche siltalai +17 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Nettle, Creeping Buttercup, Blackthorn +53 more · last seen 2022
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Foss WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Easingwold Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route670 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 670 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route353 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 353 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route4.2 km▾
Named routeRef 65Length 4.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
270 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
270 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Robin · Blue Tit · Wren · Woodpigeon +9
- SwiftApus apus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- Barn OwlTyto alba2018
Rabbit · Mole · Grey Squirrel · American Mink · Badger
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
- American MinkNeovison vison
- BadgerMeles meles2021
Adder
🐝Insects13 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Lily Beetle · Hydropsyche siltalai · Agapetus fuscipes · Water Scorpion · Field Grasshopper +8
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020
- Hydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalai2018
- Agapetus fuscipesAgapetus fuscipes2018
- Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
🌿Plants56 species
springsummer
2022▾
Common Nettle · Creeping Buttercup · Blackthorn · Hawthorn · Cleavers +51
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Ivy
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
270 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Robin · Blue Tit · Wren · Woodpigeon +9
- SwiftApus apus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- Barn OwlTyto alba2018
Rabbit · Mole · Grey Squirrel · American Mink · Badger
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
- American MinkNeovison vison
- BadgerMeles meles2021
Adder
🐝Insects13 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Lily Beetle · Hydropsyche siltalai · Agapetus fuscipes · Water Scorpion · Field Grasshopper +8
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020
- Hydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalai2018
- Agapetus fuscipesAgapetus fuscipes2018
- Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
🌿Plants56 species
springsummer
2022▾
Common Nettle · Creeping Buttercup · Blackthorn · Hawthorn · Cleavers +51
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Ivy
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2022Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2022Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2022Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2022HoverflySyrphidae2022HoverflySyrphidae2022Athripsodes cinereusAthripsodes cinereus2018Athripsodes cinereusAthripsodes cinereus2018Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2018Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2018Halesus radiatusHalesus radiatus2018Halesus radiatusHalesus radiatus2018Chaetopteryx villosaChaetopteryx villosa2018Chaetopteryx villosaChaetopteryx villosa2018PeacockAglais io2014PeacockAglais io2014Hedera helix2021
Hedera helix2021
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2018Common SorrelRumex acetosa2018Curled Dock / Broad-leaved DockRumex crispus/obtusifolius2018Curled Dock / Broad-leaved DockRumex crispus/obtusifolius2018BrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaLords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2017Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2017Wood AvensGeum urbanum2017Wood AvensGeum urbanum2017DandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2019Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2019PignutConopodium majusPignutConopodium majusShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorTimothyPhleum pratenseTimothyPhleum pratenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseBlack HorehoundBallota nigraBlack HorehoundBallota nigraElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumYewTaxus baccataYewTaxus baccataField MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestreRowanSorbus aucupariaRowanSorbus aucupariaPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensRyegrassLolium2021RyegrassLolium2021GroundselSenecio vulgaris2021GroundselSenecio vulgaris2021DaisyBellis perennis2021DaisyBellis perennis2021MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2021MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2021SilverweedPotentilla anserina2021SilverweedPotentilla anserina2021Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2021Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2021HorsetailEquisetum2021HorsetailEquisetum2021Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2021Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2021Bush VetchVicia sepium2021Bush VetchVicia sepium2021Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2021Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2021Myosotis discolor subsp. dubiaMyosotis discolor subsp. dubia2016Myosotis discolor subsp. dubiaMyosotis discolor subsp. dubia2016BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2016BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2016Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2016Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2016Events & activities nearby
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