Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
53.96161, -1.01143
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝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 — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Magpie +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Magpie +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis tenax, Common Blue Damselfly +146 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route134 km▾
Named routeLength 134 kmRegional walking route
Ebor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Foss WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Millennium WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Jorvic WayWalking route104 km▾
Named routeLength 104 kmRegional walking route
Smary Lanepublic footpath · 164 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 164 mSurface gravelPath type: track
87 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
NCN National Route 658Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 658National Cycle Network
Orbital RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef OrbitalRound tripLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route44 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 44 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
The York & District Beekeepers Association's apiary
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
10,540 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,540 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie +45
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Roe Deer · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects38 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Sphaerophoria · 10-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax +33
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
🌿Plants7 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Common Cord-moss · Common Feather-moss · Silver-moss · Yellow Corydalis +2
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Silver-mossBryum argenteum
- Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,540 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie +45
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Roe Deer · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects38 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Sphaerophoria · 10-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax +33
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
🌿Plants7 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Common Cord-moss · Common Feather-moss · Silver-moss · Yellow Corydalis +2
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Silver-mossBryum argenteum
- Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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