Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.99937, -1.41487
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Shoveler
- ✦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
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Shoveler
- ✦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 — Wigeon, Shoveler, Carrion Crow +79 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Carrion Crow +79 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Small White, Small Tortoiseshell +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Harrogate RingwayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Knaresborough RoundWalking route32 km▾
Named routeLength 32 kmLocal walking route
Harrogate and Knaresborough Heritage TrailWalking route▾
35 km trail passing many historic buildings and sites. Not waymarked. Easy walking.
Named routeLocal walking route
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Route 636Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 636National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route555 m▾
Named routeRef 636Length 555 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 636Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route73 m▾
Named routeRef 67Length 73 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The KestrelMountain bike route▾
Photos
Goldsborough, St. Mary's Church: Reredos
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,811 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,811 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Mute Swan · Mandarin Duck · Woodpigeon +39
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- PochardAythya ferina2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- CorncrakeCrex crex2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- PintailAnas acuta2022
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2022
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- RuffCalidris pugnax2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Badger · Rabbit · Mole · Red Fox · Otter +1
- BadgerMeles meles2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
- OtterLutra lutra2022
- Indet. DeerCervidae
Marmalade Hoverfly · Helophilus pendulus · Lasioglossum · Alder Leaf Beetle · Eristalis tenax +15
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
- LasioglossumLasioglossum2024
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,811 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Mute Swan · Mandarin Duck · Woodpigeon +39
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- PochardAythya ferina2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- CorncrakeCrex crex2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- PintailAnas acuta2022
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2022
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- RuffCalidris pugnax2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Badger · Rabbit · Mole · Red Fox · Otter +1
- BadgerMeles meles2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
- OtterLutra lutra2022
- Indet. DeerCervidae
Marmalade Hoverfly · Helophilus pendulus · Lasioglossum · Alder Leaf Beetle · Eristalis tenax +15
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
- LasioglossumLasioglossum2024
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
2024
2024
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024HornetVespa crabroHornetVespa crabroEupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2024Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2024Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2024Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2024Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024Field Digger WaspMellinus arvensis2024Field Digger WaspMellinus arvensis2024Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2024Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2024Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2024Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2024Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2024Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2024Events & activities nearby
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