Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.12503, -1.33368
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦36+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦36+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Woodpigeon
- ✦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 — Tawny Owl, Woodpigeon, House Sparrow +33 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Tawny Owl, Woodpigeon, House Sparrow +33 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Straw Dot, Small Phoenix +225 more · last seen 2026
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST PETER; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Named cycling route nearby: White Rose Route - Thirsk Variant
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
YorevisionWalking route▾
Ure Walks Through TimeWalking route▾
The Yoredale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
YorevisionWalking route▾
Back Lanepublic footpath · 46 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 46 mPath type: unclassified
23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
White Rose Route - Thirsk VariantCycling route▾
Named routeRef 657National Cycle Network
NCN Cycle Route 688Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 688National Cycle Network
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 657Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route174 m▾
Named routeRef 688Length 174 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Bolt Benchmark cut into St Peter's Church in Brafferton
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
5,233 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,233 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Starling · Chaffinch +16
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
Hedgehog · Wood Mouse · Bank Vole · Grey Squirrel · Feral Ferret +4
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral FerretMustela putorius subsp. furo2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians3 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Hairy Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug · Back-Swimmer · Eristalis tenax · Common Cockchafer +22
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Back-SwimmerNotonecta2024
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Springy Turf-moss · Common Liverwort · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Groundsel · Wall Screw-moss +6
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Eastern Sowbread
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,233 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Starling · Chaffinch +16
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
Hedgehog · Wood Mouse · Bank Vole · Grey Squirrel · Feral Ferret +4
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral FerretMustela putorius subsp. furo2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians3 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Hairy Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug · Back-Swimmer · Eristalis tenax · Common Cockchafer +22
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Back-SwimmerNotonecta2024
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Springy Turf-moss · Common Liverwort · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Groundsel · Wall Screw-moss +6
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Eastern Sowbread
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
MoleTalpa europaea2024MoleTalpa europaea2024OtterLutra lutra2022OtterLutra lutra2022Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021Red FoxVulpes vulpes20212025
2025
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2024Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2024Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2022Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2022Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2022Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2022Polyphagous Tree MealybugPhenacoccus acerisPolyphagous Tree MealybugPhenacoccus acerisWoolly Apple AphidEriosoma lanigerumWoolly Apple AphidEriosoma lanigerumSmall Black AntLasius niger2024Small Black AntLasius niger2024HelophilusHelophilus2024HelophilusHelophilus20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2023Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2023Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2023Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2023Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2023Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2023Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2022Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2022Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2022Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2022Dexiosoma caninumDexiosoma caninum2022Dexiosoma caninumDexiosoma caninum2022PondskaterGerris2022PondskaterGerris2022Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2022Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2022Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2021Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2021Cyclamen coum
Cyclamen coum
Corsican HelleboreHelleborus argutifoliusCorsican HelleboreHelleborus argutifoliusLungwortPulmonaria officinalis2023LungwortPulmonaria officinalis2023Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis2022Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis2022Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2021Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2021Events & activities nearby
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