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Cross in the churchyard of St Leonard's Church

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📷 Richard Croft · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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53.45398, -1.29778

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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🐦97+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Mute Swan
✦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

🐦97+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Mute Swan
✦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

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Coot, Mute Swan, Magpie +94 more · last seen 2026

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Coot, Mute Swan, Magpie +94 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland

Ancient woodland

Strong match

Free

Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600

Heritage

Strong match

Free

Historic site

Insect spotting

Good match

Free

Insects — Common Darter, Corizus hyoscyami · last seen 2025

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Free

Plants — Sneezewort · last seen 2025

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

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3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Selby)Walking route▾

Named routeRegional walking route

Old Salt RoadWalking route▾

Named route

The Heron WayWalking route▾

Named route

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Cycling

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27 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 6Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Rotherham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route61 m▾

Named routeRef 6Length 61 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks

Main RouteCycling route253 m▾

Named routeRef 6Length 253 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route905 m▾

Named routeRef 6Length 905 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

163,082 records from NBN Atlas

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Wildlife to spot

163,082 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds97 species

summerautumn

2026

Coot · Mute Swan · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Mallard

+92 more species

All 97 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Black TernChlidonias niger2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
SmewMergellus albellus2025
Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Chlidonias niger nigerChlidonias niger niger2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025

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Mammals3 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Harvest Mouse

🐝

Insects2 species

summerautumn

2025

Common Darter · Corizus hyoscyami

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Plants1 species

summer

2025

Sneezewort

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

163,082 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds97 species

summerautumn

2026

Coot · Mute Swan · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Mallard

+92 more species

All 97 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Black TernChlidonias niger2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
SmewMergellus albellus2025
Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Chlidonias niger nigerChlidonias niger niger2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025

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Mammals3 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Harvest Mouse

🐝

Insects2 species

summerautumn

2025

Common Darter · Corizus hyoscyami

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Sneezewort

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

16 photos from nearby open sources

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📷 Richard Croft · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

St.Leonard's church, Thrybergh

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Photos

📷 Richard Croft · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

St.Leonard's church, Thrybergh

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Parking

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£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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