Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.27726, -1.30559
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Rook
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Rook
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Rook, Goldfinch +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Rook, Goldfinch +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Broad Centurion, Broad-bodied Chaser +25 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Common Nettle, Bluebell +27 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: White Rose Route - Thirsk Variant
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cleveland WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route
The Inn WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
34 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
White Rose Route - Thirsk VariantCycling route▾
Named routeRef 657National Cycle Network
Route 71Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 71National Cycle Network
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route379 m▾
Named routeRef 657Length 379 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route15 m▾
Named routeRef 657Length 15 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route11 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 11 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fort TrailMountain bike route▾
Paradise TrailMountain bike route28.5 km▾
Named routeLength 28.5 kmLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
729 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
729 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Fieldfare · Rook · Kestrel · Bullfinch · Goldfinch +26
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
- MagpiePica pica2020
- SwallowHirundo rustica2019
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2019
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2019
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2019
- JackdawColoeus monedula2019
- RobinErithacus rubecula2019
- SwiftApus apus2019
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects3 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Broad Centurion · Broad-bodied Chaser · Rhinoceros Beetle
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023
- Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum2021
Common Nettle · Hazel · Broad-leaved Dock · Herb-Robert · Reed Canary-grass +124
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- HazelCorylus avellana2018
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2018
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2018
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2018
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
729 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Fieldfare · Rook · Kestrel · Bullfinch · Goldfinch +26
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
- MagpiePica pica2020
- SwallowHirundo rustica2019
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2019
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2019
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2019
- JackdawColoeus monedula2019
- RobinErithacus rubecula2019
- SwiftApus apus2019
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects3 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Broad Centurion · Broad-bodied Chaser · Rhinoceros Beetle
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023
- Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum2021
Common Nettle · Hazel · Broad-leaved Dock · Herb-Robert · Reed Canary-grass +124
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- HazelCorylus avellana2018
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2018
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2018
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2018
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
