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Getting here
53.76037, -1.69401
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
Best for
6 activities🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Nature reserve
Dogs allowed — nature reserve
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Nature reserve — seasonal wildlife and habitats
🧺Picnic day out
Moderate match
Nature reserve — public outdoor space
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Bronte WayWalking route71 km▾
Named routeLength 71 kmRegional walking route
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Dales Way LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Tong Moor Sidepublic footpath · 83 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 83 mPath type: residential
45 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Cycle Superhighway 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef CS1Regional cycle route
Armley to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef Ar-CCLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route56 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 56 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route73 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 73 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeLength 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Tong Moor Sidebridleway · 156 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 156 mPath type: residential
Hodgson Lanebridleway · 90 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 90 mSurface unpavedPath type: residential
Hodgson Lanebridleway · 177 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 177 mSurface unpavedPath type: service
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Bridleway across the north-western part of Tong Moor
Photos
Bridleway across the north-western part of Tong Moor
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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Wildlife to spot
1,438 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,438 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds47 species
springsummerwinter
2024Kestrel · Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blackbird
+42 more speciesHide species list
All 47 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
- Little OwlAthene noctua2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- PigeonColumba2020
🦌Mammals6 species
summerautumn
2024Hedgehog · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Mole · Grey Squirrel
+1 more speciesHide species list
All 6 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
Lily Beetle · Syrphus · Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Wasp Beetle
+10 more speciesHide species list
All 15 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2023
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2023
- Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus
🌿Plants30 species
wintersummer
2026Himalayan Balsam · Fringed Bog-moss · Horse-chestnut · Japanese Knotweed · Springy Turf-moss
+25 more speciesHide species list
All 30 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
- Fringed Bog-mossSphagnum fimbriatum
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,438 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds47 species
springsummerwinter
2024Kestrel · Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blackbird
+42 more speciesHide species list
All 47 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
- Little OwlAthene noctua2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- PigeonColumba2020
🦌Mammals6 species
summerautumn
2024Hedgehog · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Mole · Grey Squirrel
+1 more speciesHide species list
All 6 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
Lily Beetle · Syrphus · Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Wasp Beetle
+10 more speciesHide species list
All 15 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2023
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2023
- Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus
🌿Plants30 species
wintersummer
2026Himalayan Balsam · Fringed Bog-moss · Horse-chestnut · Japanese Knotweed · Springy Turf-moss
+25 more speciesHide species list
All 30 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
- Fringed Bog-mossSphagnum fimbriatum
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2021
2021
Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2021Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2021Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2020Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2020Small Black AntLasius niger2020Small Black AntLasius niger2020Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2020Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2020EupeodesEupeodes2020EupeodesEupeodes2020SycamoreAcronicta aceris2019SycamoreAcronicta aceris2019Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2019Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2019Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2019Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2019Feathery Bog-mossSphagnum cuspidatumFeathery Bog-mossSphagnum cuspidatumCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaLustrous Bog-mossSphagnum subnitensLustrous Bog-mossSphagnum subnitensPointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidataPointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidataHeath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicumHeath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicumFlat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallaxFlat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallaxBog Groove-mossAulacomnium palustreBog Groove-mossAulacomnium palustreHawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2024Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023ElderSambucus nigra2023ElderSambucus nigra2023Common NettleUrtica dioica2023Common NettleUrtica dioica2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023CleaversGalium aparine2023CleaversGalium aparine2023Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2022Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2022MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2021MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2021AlderAlnus glutinosa2021AlderAlnus glutinosa2021Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2021Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2021Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2020Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2020TimothyPhleum pratense2020TimothyPhleum pratense2020WeldReseda luteola2020WeldReseda luteola2020SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2019SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2019Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2019Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2019