The Minster Church of St Peter and St Paul
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.74494, -0.86744
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕That Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕That Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Carrion Crow +71 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: MINSTER CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL AND CHAPTER HOUSE; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Carrion Crow +71 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Trans-Pennine Trail (Selby to Hull)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TPTNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route563 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 563 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route545 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 545 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 65Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 65Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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St Peter and St Paul, Howden
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Wildlife to spot
9,718 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,718 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Black-headed Gull · Common Gull · Cormorant · Mallard · Greylag Goose +30
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TealAnas crecca
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MagpiePica pica
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
Pipistrelle Bat species · Common Pipistrelle · Stoat · Grey Squirrel
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- StoatMustela erminea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
10-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Figwort Weevil · Hawthorn Shieldbug +5
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2024
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
White Dead-nettle · Red Campion · Field Forget-me-not · Dogwood · Daisy +20
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
- DogwoodCornus sanguinea
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- HazelCorylus avellana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,718 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Black-headed Gull · Common Gull · Cormorant · Mallard · Greylag Goose +30
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TealAnas crecca
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MagpiePica pica
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
Pipistrelle Bat species · Common Pipistrelle · Stoat · Grey Squirrel
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- StoatMustela erminea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
10-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Figwort Weevil · Hawthorn Shieldbug +5
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2024
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
White Dead-nettle · Red Campion · Field Forget-me-not · Dogwood · Daisy +20
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
- DogwoodCornus sanguinea
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- HazelCorylus avellana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Western Conifer Seed Bug
Western Conifer Seed Bug
Leptoglossus occidentalis2024
Leptoglossus occidentalis2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Iris Flea BeetleAphthona nonstriata2024Iris Flea BeetleAphthona nonstriata2024NipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusWater FigwortScrophularia auriculataWater FigwortScrophularia auriculataBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaWater-plantainAlisma plantago-aquaticaWater-plantainAlisma plantago-aquaticaCommon DuckweedLemna minorCommon DuckweedLemna minorWhite WillowSalix albaWhite WillowSalix albaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaCrack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilisCrack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilisReed Sweet-grassGlyceria maximaReed Sweet-grassGlyceria maximaElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraBrooklimeVeronica beccabungaBrooklimeVeronica beccabungaBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraSilverweedPotentilla anserinaSilverweedPotentilla anserinaBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianum