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Winkburn Hall

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Getting here

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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

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Woodpigeon +58 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Woodpigeon +58 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Striated Feather-moss, Wood Bristle-moss, Rough-stalked Feather-moss +61 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Striated Feather-moss, Wood Bristle-moss, Rough-stalked Feather-moss +61 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Small Tortoiseshell, Small White +13 more · last seen 2022; Insects — Meadow Brown, Small Tortoiseshell, Small White +13 more · last seen 2022

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Southwell TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Southwell Heritage TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Robin Hood WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 645Cycling route

Named routeRef 645National Cycle Network

National Byway (Southwell Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route3.4 km

Named routeRef 645Length 3.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route104 m

Named routeRef 645Length 104 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route2.8 km

Named routeRef 645Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route419 m

Named routeRef 645Length 419 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

🐴

Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

Roe Wood Lanebyway open to all traffic · 62 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 62 mPath type: residential

Roe Wood Lanebyway open to all traffic · 196 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 196 mSurface gravelPath type: track

Roe Wood Lanebyway open to all traffic · 185 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 185 mPath type: residential

Wildlife to spot

5,009 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,009 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants155 species

spring

2025

Goldilocks Buttercup · Spurge-laurel · Greater Stitchwort · Midland Hawthorn · Giant Bellflower +150

Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus
Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata
Giant BellflowerCampanula latifolia
Black BryonyTamus communis
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea
Black BentAgrostis gigantea
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
AspenPopulus tremula
PignutConopodium majus
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Western Red-cedarThuja plicata
HollyIlex aquifolium
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus
Field-roseRosa arvensis
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
Western Hemlock-spruceTsuga heterophylla
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Crataegus laevigata x monogyna = C. x mediaCrataegus laevigata x monogyna = C. x media
Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Wall ScalewortPorella platyphylla
Common FrillwortFossombronia pusilla
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
AshFraxinus excelsior
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Dog-roseRosa canina
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Red FescueFestuca rubra
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
CleaversGalium aparine
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
SanicleSanicula europaea
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Corn MintMentha arvensis
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Wood MelickMelica uniflora
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
BugleAjuga reptans
Red CurrantRibes rubrum
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
Sessile OakQuercus petraea
NipplewortLapsana communis
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
HazelCorylus avellana
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
Field MapleAcer campestre
White CloverTrifolium repens
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Red CampionSilene dioica
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Curled DockRumex crispus
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
IvyHedera helix
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
ElderSambucus nigra
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Common Water-starwortCallitriche stagnalis
Wood MilletMilium effusum
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Remote SedgeCarex remota
DandelionTaraxacum
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula
Hairy VioletViola hirta
CowslipPrimula veris
AppleMalus domestica
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
BuckthornRhamnus cathartica
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
WoodruffGalium odoratum
Small Sweet-grassGlyceria declinata
Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Dryopteris borreriDryopteris borreri
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme
Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata
Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana
Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus
Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
TormentilPotentilla erecta
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia
Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,009 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants155 species

spring

2025

Goldilocks Buttercup · Spurge-laurel · Greater Stitchwort · Midland Hawthorn · Giant Bellflower +150

Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus
Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata
Giant BellflowerCampanula latifolia
Black BryonyTamus communis
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea
Black BentAgrostis gigantea
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
AspenPopulus tremula
PignutConopodium majus
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Western Red-cedarThuja plicata
HollyIlex aquifolium
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus
Field-roseRosa arvensis
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
Western Hemlock-spruceTsuga heterophylla
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Crataegus laevigata x monogyna = C. x mediaCrataegus laevigata x monogyna = C. x media
Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Wall ScalewortPorella platyphylla
Common FrillwortFossombronia pusilla
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
AshFraxinus excelsior
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Dog-roseRosa canina
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Red FescueFestuca rubra
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
CleaversGalium aparine
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
SanicleSanicula europaea
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Corn MintMentha arvensis
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Wood MelickMelica uniflora
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
BugleAjuga reptans
Red CurrantRibes rubrum
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
Sessile OakQuercus petraea
NipplewortLapsana communis
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
HazelCorylus avellana
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
Field MapleAcer campestre
White CloverTrifolium repens
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Red CampionSilene dioica
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Curled DockRumex crispus
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
IvyHedera helix
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
ElderSambucus nigra
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Common Water-starwortCallitriche stagnalis
Wood MilletMilium effusum
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Remote SedgeCarex remota
DandelionTaraxacum
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula
Hairy VioletViola hirta
CowslipPrimula veris
AppleMalus domestica
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
BuckthornRhamnus cathartica
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
WoodruffGalium odoratum
Small Sweet-grassGlyceria declinata
Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Dryopteris borreriDryopteris borreri
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme
Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata
Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana
Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus
Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
TormentilPotentilla erecta
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia
Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata