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Walton Abbey Remains

📷 Stephen Horncastle · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ 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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Chaffinch +94 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Chaffinch +94 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Mistletoe, Bluebell, Soft Shield-fern +48 more · last seen 2020; Plants — Mistletoe, Bluebell, Soft Shield-fern +48 more · last seen 2020

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Southern Hawker, Small White, Red Admiral +23 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Southern Hawker, Small White, Red Admiral +23 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Common Orache, Common Chickweed, Hogweed +4 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Minster WayWalking route80 km

Named routeLength 80 kmRegional walking route

The Avenuepublic footpath · 296 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 296 mSurface groundPath type: track

🚴

Cycling

19 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Lincoln - Whitby

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Yorkshire Wolds Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRound tripNational Cycle Network

Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network

NCN 1 Humber to TeesCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 164Cycling route

Named routeRef 164National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route413 m

Named routeRef 1Length 413 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

2,058 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,058 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Kestrel · Collared Dove +61

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackbirdTurdus merula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
RookCorvus frugilegus
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica
Coal TitPeriparus ater
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great TitParus major
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GreenfinchChloris chloris
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Herring GullLarus argentatus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RedshankTringa totanus
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
SwiftApus apus2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
ScaupAythya marila2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
CootFulica atra2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
Picus viridis viridisPicus viridis viridis2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022

🦌

Mammals4 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Roe Deer · Otter · Brown Rat · Water Vole

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
OtterLutra lutra
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Water VoleArvicola amphibius2023

🐝

Insects5 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Varied Carpet Beetle · Syritta pipiens · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper · Common Darter · Lesser Stag Beetle

Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,058 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Kestrel · Collared Dove +61

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackbirdTurdus merula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
RookCorvus frugilegus
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica
Coal TitPeriparus ater
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great TitParus major
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GreenfinchChloris chloris
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Herring GullLarus argentatus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RedshankTringa totanus
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
SwiftApus apus2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
ScaupAythya marila2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
CootFulica atra2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
Picus viridis viridisPicus viridis viridis2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022

🦌

Mammals4 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Roe Deer · Otter · Brown Rat · Water Vole

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
OtterLutra lutra
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Water VoleArvicola amphibius2023

🐝

Insects5 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Varied Carpet Beetle · Syritta pipiens · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper · Common Darter · Lesser Stag Beetle

Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Stephen Horncastle · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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✦Site of Watton Gilbertine priory, two possible medieval archery butts and Civil War earthworksHistoric site200 m→🌱Cranswick GreenUrban park2.4 km→🌱The ParkUrban park2.6 km→⛪All Saints' ChurchReligious grounds2.5 km→⚽The ParkPlaying field2.6 km→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds3.9 km→

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