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Beckett Park

6 ha

📷 Stephen Craven · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha

Getting here

53.82108, -1.58998

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🛝Playground 278m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🛝Playground 278m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPlayground

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Magpie +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Magpie +55 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Varied Carpet Beetle, Syrphus, Common Carder Bee +7 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Varied Carpet Beetle, Syrphus, Common Carder Bee +7 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds)Walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)

Named routeRegional walking route

Leeds Country WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Airedale WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Dales Way LinkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

111 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 66Cycling route

Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network

Garforth to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef G-CCLocal cycle route

Middleton to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef M-CCLocal cycle route

Alwoodley to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef A-CCLocal cycle route

West Park to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef W-CCLocal cycle route

Cycle Superhighway 1Cycling route

Named routeRef CS1Regional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

67,819 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

67,819 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds34 species

winter

2026

Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Great Tit · Carrion Crow +29

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
House SparrowPasser domesticus
DunnockPrunella modularis
JackdawColoeus monedula
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Red Fox · Brown Rat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Brown RatRattus norvegicus

🐝

Insects4 species

spring

2026

Varied Carpet Beetle · Syrphus · Common Carder Bee · Early Bumblebee

Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
SyrphusSyrphus
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2026

Springy Turf-moss

Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

67,819 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds34 species

winter

2026

Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Great Tit · Carrion Crow +29

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
House SparrowPasser domesticus
DunnockPrunella modularis
JackdawColoeus monedula
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Red Fox · Brown Rat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Brown RatRattus norvegicus

🐝

Insects4 species

spring

2026

Varied Carpet Beetle · Syrphus · Common Carder Bee · Early Bumblebee

Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
SyrphusSyrphus
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2026

Springy Turf-moss

Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Stephen Craven · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The south end of Beckett Park

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