Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
54.28083, -1.80925
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ✦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
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ✦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 — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +75 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +75 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syrphus torvus, Banded Demoiselle, Harlequin Ladybird +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Thickpoint Grimmia, Wavy Beard-moss, Silky Wall Feather-moss +36 more · last seen 2023
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 18 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
6 Dales TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Camino Ingles to SantiagoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Canaan Roadpublic footpath · 254 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 254 mPath type: service
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 71Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 71National Cycle Network
National Byway Trans-Pennine SpurCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Yorkshire Dales CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef YDCRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 71Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.3 km▾
Named routeRef 71Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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William’s Hill motte and bailey, Middleham
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