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🛝Family🦅Birds🎠Play
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
53.74315, -0.86663
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕That Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕That Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Playing field
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Mallard +71 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Mallard +71 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Playing field — open space for a simple picnic
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Azure Damselfly, 7-spot Ladybird, Hairy Shieldbug +31 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Trans-Pennine Trail (Selby to Hull)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TPTNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route563 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 563 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route545 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 545 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 65Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 65Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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The Ashes Playing Fields, Howden
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Wildlife to spot
9,712 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,712 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Gull · Black-headed Gull · Cormorant · Mallard · Greylag Goose +30
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TealAnas crecca
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MagpiePica pica
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great TitParus major
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
Pipistrelle Bat species · Common Pipistrelle · Stoat · Grey Squirrel
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- StoatMustela erminea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
10-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Volucella inanis · Figwort Weevil +6
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024
- Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2024
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Common Duckweed · White Willow · Foxglove · Crack-willow · Reed Sweet-grass +18
- Common DuckweedLemna minor
- White WillowSalix alba
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
- Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima
- ElderSambucus nigra
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,712 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Gull · Black-headed Gull · Cormorant · Mallard · Greylag Goose +30
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TealAnas crecca
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MagpiePica pica
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great TitParus major
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
Pipistrelle Bat species · Common Pipistrelle · Stoat · Grey Squirrel
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- StoatMustela erminea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
10-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Volucella inanis · Figwort Weevil +6
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024
- Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2024
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Common Duckweed · White Willow · Foxglove · Crack-willow · Reed Sweet-grass +18
- Common DuckweedLemna minor
- White WillowSalix alba
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
- Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima
- ElderSambucus nigra
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Birch Shieldbug
Birch Shieldbug
Elasmostethus interstinctus
Elasmostethus interstinctus
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Physocephala rufipesPhysocephala rufipes2024Physocephala rufipesPhysocephala rufipes2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024BittersweetSolanum dulcamaraBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisDogwoodCornus sanguineaDogwoodCornus sanguineaDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusWater FigwortScrophularia auriculataWater FigwortScrophularia auriculataBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaWater-plantainAlisma plantago-aquaticaWater-plantainAlisma plantago-aquaticaSilverweedPotentilla anserinaSilverweedPotentilla anserinaBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilis