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The old lighthouse, Flamborough

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Getting here

54.11801, -0.08961

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Cliff End Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Cliff End Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· Paid

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Teal, Curlew, Carrion Crow +89 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Teal, Curlew, Carrion Crow +89 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Green Tiger Beetle · last seen 2026; Insects — Green Tiger Beetle · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

King Charles III England Coast Path: Easington to Filey BriggWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

13 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route

Lincoln - Whitby

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

National Byway (Bridlington Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Yorkshire Wolds Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRound tripNational Cycle Network

NCN 1 Humber to TeesCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route68 m

Named routeRef 1Length 68 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface blocks

Main RouteCycling route61 m

Named routeRef 1Length 61 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

194,367 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

194,367 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds68 species

winter

2026

Teal · Curlew · Wren · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +63

TealAnas crecca
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Barn OwlTyto alba
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great TitParus major2025
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
GadwallMareca strepera
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
CootFulica atra2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Green Tiger Beetle

Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

194,367 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds68 species

winter

2026

Teal · Curlew · Wren · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +63

TealAnas crecca
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Barn OwlTyto alba
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great TitParus major2025
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
GadwallMareca strepera
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
CootFulica atra2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Green Tiger Beetle

Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 habiloid · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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✦Section of Danes' Dyke between the Cliff Plantation and the B1255Historic site3.6 km→🌱North Mere GreenUrban park2.1 km→🦉SOUTH LANDINGNature reserve2.2 km→🦉DANES DYKENature reserve3.5 km→🦉FLAMBOROUGH OUTER HEADLANDNature reserve500 m→✦Northern section of the Danes' Dyke from Wold Farm field boundary to Bempton CliffsHistoric site4.1 km→

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