FREEHOLDER'S WOOD & RIDDING'S FIELD 18 ha
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🧺 Picnic🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 18 ha
Getting here
54.29545, -1.97967
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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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for 8 activities 🧺 Picnic day out
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Free café, toilets, car park; Nature reserve — public outdoor space
🦅 Bird watching
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Free Nature reserve
🛝 Family friendly
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Free café, toilets
Dogs allowed — nature reserve
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby · 39 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Herriot Way Walking route 79.3 km ▾ Named route Ref HW Length 79.3 km Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map Lady Anne's Way Walking route 160 km ▾ The route was inspired by the indomitable Lady Anne Clifford, who owned vast estates in the old county of Westmorland during the seventeenth century. The route is in the area she traveled and highlights a several castles she renovated.
Named route Length 160 km Regional walking route
Show on map Low Lane public footpath · 155 m ▾ Public path public footpath Length 155 m Path type: track
Show on map Church Lane public footpath · 12 m ▾ Public path public footpath Length 12 m Surface asphalt Path type: service
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway Trans-Pennine Spur Cycling route ▾ Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map Yorkshire Dales Cycleway Cycling route ▾ Named route Ref YDC Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
▾ Path through Freeholders' Wood
‹ › Photos Path through Freeholders' Wood
‹ › ✓ Public access Free entry 🐶 Dogs
Good to know £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome
Weather for this location Next 14 days Nearby places Useful places within 5 km
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Wildlife to spot
6,227 records from NBN Atlas
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Wildlife to spot 6,227 records · NBN Atlas 🐦 Birds 50 species
spring summer autumn
2026 Blue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Grey Wagtail · Dipper
+45 more species Hide species list All 50 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Merlin Falco columbarius2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
summer autumn
2025 Hazel Dormouse · Pine Marten
Eristalis pertinax · Red-legged Shieldbug · Volucella pellucens · 7-spot Ladybird · Epiphragma ocellare
+28 more species Hide species list All 33 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Epiphragma ocellare Epiphragma ocellare Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 6,227 records · NBN Atlas 🐦 Birds 50 species
spring summer autumn
2026 Blue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Grey Wagtail · Dipper
+45 more species Hide species list All 50 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Merlin Falco columbarius2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
summer autumn
2025 Hazel Dormouse · Pine Marten
Eristalis pertinax · Red-legged Shieldbug · Volucella pellucens · 7-spot Ladybird · Epiphragma ocellare
+28 more species Hide species list All 33 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Epiphragma ocellare Epiphragma ocellare Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis intricaria Eristalis intricaria
Eristalis intricaria Eristalis intricaria
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis horticola Eristalis horticola
Eristalis horticola Eristalis horticola
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea
Sciara hemerobioides Sciara hemerobioides
Sciara hemerobioides Sciara hemerobioides
Platycheirus granditarsus Platycheirus granditarsus
Platycheirus granditarsus Platycheirus granditarsus
Erioptera flavata Erioptera flavata
Erioptera flavata Erioptera flavata
Cheilotrichia cinerascens Cheilotrichia cinerascens
Cheilotrichia cinerascens Cheilotrichia cinerascens
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri
Grammoptera ruficornis Grammoptera ruficornis
Grammoptera ruficornis Grammoptera ruficornis
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Baccha elongata Baccha elongata
Baccha elongata Baccha elongata
Adonis' Ladybird Hippodamia variegata
Adonis' Ladybird Hippodamia variegata
Neoascia podagrica Neoascia podagrica
Neoascia podagrica Neoascia podagrica
Notch-horned Cleg Haematopota pluvialis
Notch-horned Cleg Haematopota pluvialis
Woundwort Shieldbug Eysarcoris venustissimus
Woundwort Shieldbug Eysarcoris venustissimus
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens
Platycheirus rosarum Platycheirus rosarum
Platycheirus rosarum Platycheirus rosarum
Orthonevra nobilis Orthonevra nobilis
Orthonevra nobilis Orthonevra nobilis
Tipula vernalis Tipula vernalis
Tipula vernalis Tipula vernalis
Antocha vitripennis Antocha vitripennis
Antocha vitripennis Antocha vitripennis
Tipula lateralis Tipula lateralis
Tipula lateralis Tipula lateralis
Tipula submarmorata Tipula submarmorata
Tipula submarmorata Tipula submarmorata
Mesembrina meridiana Mesembrina meridiana
Mesembrina meridiana Mesembrina meridiana 