Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
54.00014, -1.49571
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Karen's Bistro — 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 Blue Tit and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Karen's Bistro — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Robin +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Robin +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Coprinopsis romagnesiana, Bleeding Broadleaf Crust, Deer Shield +72 more · last seen 2025
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Batman Hoverfly, Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nidderdale WayWalking route85 km▾
Named routeLength 85 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Harrogate RingwayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Knaresborough RoundWalking route32 km▾
Named routeLength 32 kmLocal walking route
Dales Way - Harrogate Link PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal 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
77 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▾
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Bilton Hall Drivebridleway · 662 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 662 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
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Belmont Park, Starbeck, Harrogate
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
27,379 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
27,379 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Great Tit +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Common Toad · Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
- FrogRana
🐝Insects13 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Ivy Bee · Helophilus pendulus · Birch Shieldbug +8
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Coprinopsis romagnesiana
- Coprinopsis romagnesianaCoprinopsis romagnesiana
🌿Plants3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Fox-tail Feather-moss · Great Scented Liverwort · Wood Melick
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
- Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
- Wood MelickMelica uniflora
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,379 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Great Tit +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Common Toad · Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
- FrogRana
🐝Insects13 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Ivy Bee · Helophilus pendulus · Birch Shieldbug +8
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Coprinopsis romagnesiana
- Coprinopsis romagnesianaCoprinopsis romagnesiana
🌿Plants3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Fox-tail Feather-moss · Great Scented Liverwort · Wood Melick
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
- Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
- Wood MelickMelica uniflora
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
7-spot Ladybird
7-spot Ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata2025
Coccinella septempunctata2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum2025Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum2025ScaevaScaeva2025ScaevaScaeva2025Common Green SawflyTenthredo mesomela2025Common Green SawflyTenthredo mesomela2025Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2025Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2025Events & activities nearby
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