Anglian high cross fragment in the churchyard of St Matthew's Church, Rastrick
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
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53.69065, -1.79204
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Robin
- ✦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
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Robin
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Tit, Robin, Mallard +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Great Tit, Robin, Mallard +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
Grade II* listed building: CROSS BASE IN CHURCHYARD OF ST MATTHEWS CHURCH; Historic site
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hawthorn, Himalayan Balsam, Blackthorn +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Hawthorn Shieldbug, Harlequin Ladybird +3 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
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Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Calderdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Brighouse Boundary WalkWalking route29 km▾
Named routeLength 29 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Riverside WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Hebble TrailWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route
71 signed routes nearby
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Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Birkby Bradley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route299 m▾
Named routeRef 69Length 299 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route594 m▾
Named routeRef 69Length 594 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route19 m▾
Named routeLength 19 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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St. Matthew's Church seen from Church Street, Rastrick
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Wildlife to spot
21,165 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,165 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKingfisher · Robin · Blue Tit · Common Gull · Mallard +40
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Heather · Heath Plait-moss · Bristly Haircap · Heath Star Moss · Neat Feather-moss +5
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
- Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- RedshankCeratodon purpureus
- Springy Turf-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,165 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKingfisher · Robin · Blue Tit · Common Gull · Mallard +40
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Heather · Heath Plait-moss · Bristly Haircap · Heath Star Moss · Neat Feather-moss +5
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
- Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- RedshankCeratodon purpureus
- Springy Turf-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaWhitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicansWhitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicansPointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2025Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2025