Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.00673, -1.46926
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦89+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Black Mulberry — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦89+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Black Mulberry — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Jackdaw +86 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Jackdaw +86 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Batman Hoverfly, 14-spot Ladybird +40 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Harrogate RingwayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Knaresborough RoundWalking route32 km▾
Named routeLength 32 kmLocal walking route
Harrogate and Knaresborough Heritage TrailWalking route▾
35 km trail passing many historic buildings and sites. Not waymarked. Easy walking.
Named routeLocal walking route
Beryl Burton Cyclewaypublic footpath · 244 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 244 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Spitalcroftpublic footpath · 245 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 245 mSurface pavedPath type: service
69 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Route 636Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 636National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route179 m▾
Named routeRef 67Length 179 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route555 m▾
Named routeRef 636Length 555 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 636Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The KestrelMountain bike route▾
Photos
Green and Knaresborough Castle
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
28,208 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
28,208 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Jackdaw · Magpie +47
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects11 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Tawny Mining Bee · Harlequin Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Ivy Bee +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025
Fox-tail Feather-moss · Great Scented Liverwort
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
- Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,208 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Jackdaw · Magpie +47
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects11 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Tawny Mining Bee · Harlequin Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Ivy Bee +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025
Fox-tail Feather-moss · Great Scented Liverwort
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
- Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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