Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.71309, -1.63388
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Chocoberry — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Chocoberry — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Black-headed Gull +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Black-headed Gull +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug, Common Rose Fusehorn +5 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Wakefield WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Dewsbury and District Ramblers Centenary WalkWalking route▾
Bronte WayWalking route71 km▾
Named routeLength 71 kmRegional walking route
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
61 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 699Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 699National Cycle Network
Wakefield WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef WheelLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route983 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 983 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route241 m▾
Named routeRef 699Length 241 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
7,307 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,307 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Great Tit · Rock Dove +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Common Rose Fusehorn
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana
Clustered Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Broom Fork-moss · Rough-stalked Feather-moss +7
- Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,307 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Great Tit · Rock Dove +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Common Rose Fusehorn
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana
Clustered Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Broom Fork-moss · Rough-stalked Feather-moss +7
- Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Neat Feather-moss
Neat Feather-moss
Pseudoscleropodium purum
Pseudoscleropodium purum
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2025Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2025Argentinian VervainVerbena bonariensis2025Argentinian VervainVerbena bonariensis2025Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena2025Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025