Cottingley Hall Cemetery and Crematorium
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.77164, -1.58282
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 253m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 253m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
Best for
10 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Magpie +60 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Magpie +60 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Rosebay Willowherb, Mugwort +26 more · last seen 2025
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Dogs allowed with public access
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds)Walking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)
Named routeRegional walking route
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Airedale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Dales Way LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
84 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Garforth to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef G-CCLocal cycle route
Middleton to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef M-CCLocal cycle route
Alwoodley to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef A-CCLocal cycle route
West Park to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef W-CCLocal cycle route
Cycle Superhighway 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef CS1Regional cycle route
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
The Ward family memorial, Cottingley Hall Cemetery, Leeds
Photos
The Ward family memorial, Cottingley Hall Cemetery, Leeds
Facilities
🅿️Parking
Letsby Avenue Storage · 93m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
9,726 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,726 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds63 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Robin
+58 more speciesHide species list
All 63 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- TealAnas crecca2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- GannetMorus bassanus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerwinter
2025Hedgehog · Stoat
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025Common Frog
🐝Insects5 species
summerautumn
2025Field Grasshopper · Solomon's-seal Sawfly · 2-spot Ladybird · Vine Weevil · Phyllaphis fagi
🌿Plants29 species
summerautumn
2025Japanese Knotweed · Rosebay Willowherb · Mugwort · Bee Orchid · Cat's-ear
+24 more speciesHide species list
All 29 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,726 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds63 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Robin
+58 more speciesHide species list
All 63 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- TealAnas crecca2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- GannetMorus bassanus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerwinter
2025Hedgehog · Stoat
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025Common Frog
🐝Insects5 species
summerautumn
2025Field Grasshopper · Solomon's-seal Sawfly · 2-spot Ladybird · Vine Weevil · Phyllaphis fagi
🌿Plants29 species
summerautumn
2025Japanese Knotweed · Rosebay Willowherb · Mugwort · Bee Orchid · Cat's-ear
+24 more speciesHide species list
All 29 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bristly Oxtongue
Bristly Oxtongue
Helminthotheca echioides
Helminthotheca echioides
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataWild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2024Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2024Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2024Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2024Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2024Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2024ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Common VetchVicia sativa2024Common VetchVicia sativa2024SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2024SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2023Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2023NipplewortLapsana communis2023NipplewortLapsana communis2023Events & activities nearby
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