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✦Heritage🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.49364, -0.23483
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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
- 🛝Playground 170m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ 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
- 🛝Playground 170m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
playground
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Nev Cole WayWalking route93 km▾
Named routeLength 93 kmRegional walking route
Wanderlust WayWalking route32 km▾
Named routeLength 32 kmRound tripLocal walking route
12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Lincoln to Humber
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route▾
Lincoln - Whitby
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Route 110Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 110National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route4.3 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 4.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route368 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 368 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Swallow, Rothwell, Binbrook, Walesby Top loopMountain bike route58 km▾
Named routeLength 58 kmLocal cycle route
Photos
St Nicholas' church and Commonwealth War Grave site, Cuxwold, Lincs
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Wildlife to spot
1,322 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,322 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Rock Dove +11
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2020
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2020
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐝Insects55 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Azure Damselfly · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly +50
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Opium Poppy · Pendulous Sedge
- Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,322 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Rock Dove +11
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2020
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2020
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐝Insects55 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Azure Damselfly · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly +50
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Opium Poppy · Pendulous Sedge
- Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Ischnura elegans
Ischnura elegans
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumSouthern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulumSmall Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulumBrown HawkerAeshna grandisBrown HawkerAeshna grandisRed-eyed DamselflyErythromma najasRed-eyed DamselflyErythromma najasBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensEmerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2023Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2023Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2022Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2022Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis2022Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis2022Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2022Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2022Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2022Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2022Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumStenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus2024Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus2024Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2023Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus202314-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202214-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2022Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2022Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2022Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2022Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2022Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2022Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2022Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2022Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2022EupeodesEupeodes2022EupeodesEupeodes2022Forget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosus2022Forget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosus2022AlticaAltica2022AlticaAltica2022Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2022Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2022Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2022Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2022Water CricketVelia (Plesiovelia) caprai2022Water CricketVelia (Plesiovelia) caprai2022Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2021Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2021Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2021Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2021Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2021Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2021SyrphusSyrphus2021SyrphusSyrphus2021Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2021Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2021Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2021Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2021Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea2021Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea2021Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2021Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2021Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2021Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2021Banded GeneralStratiomys potamida2021Banded GeneralStratiomys potamida2021Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2021Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2021Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2021Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2021Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2021Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2021Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2021Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2021Black-horned ClegHaematopota crassicornis2021Black-horned ClegHaematopota crassicornis2021Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2021Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2021Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2021Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2021Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2021Wasp BeetleClytus arietis202122-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202122-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2021Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2020Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2020