Boston Spa Recration Park
3 ha
Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.90293, -1.34726
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 Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Joon — 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 Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Joon — 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 — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Jackdaw +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Jackdaw +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Western Honey Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +72 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Ebor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Jorvic WayWalking route104 km▾
Named routeLength 104 kmRegional walking route
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
46 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 665Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 665National Cycle Network
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Elmet GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route15 m▾
Named routeRef 67Length 15 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The StarlingMountain bike route▾
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Cyclists on the High Street, Boston Spa
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
25,604 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,604 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Jackdaw · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Goldfinch +38
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Western Honey Bee · Cheilosia impressa · 7-spot Ladybird · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Harlequin Ladybird +30
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Cheilosia impressaCheilosia impressa
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Field Digger WaspMellinus arvensis
- Mesembrina meridiana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,604 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Jackdaw · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Goldfinch +38
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Western Honey Bee · Cheilosia impressa · 7-spot Ladybird · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Harlequin Ladybird +30
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Cheilosia impressaCheilosia impressa
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Field Digger WaspMellinus arvensis
- Mesembrina meridiana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Mesembrina meridiana
Mesembrina meridiana
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiMystacides azureaMystacides azureaMystacides azureaMystacides azureaArge pagana subsp. stephensiiArge pagana subsp. stephensiiArge pagana subsp. stephensiiArge pagana subsp. stephensiiPlatycheirus granditarsusPlatycheirus granditarsusPlatycheirus granditarsusPlatycheirus granditarsusPlatycheirus peltatus agg.Platycheirus peltatus agg.Platycheirus peltatus agg.Platycheirus peltatus agg.Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariaeFigwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariaeConops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatusTurnip TigressAthalia rosaeTurnip TigressAthalia rosaeXylota sylvarumXylota sylvarumXylota sylvarumXylota sylvarumButterbur SawflyTenthredo mandibularisButterbur SawflyTenthredo mandibularisField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxWoolly Apple AphidEriosoma lanigerumWoolly Apple AphidEriosoma lanigerumSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisGraphomya maculataGraphomya maculataGraphomya maculataGraphomya maculataRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesBanded Rose SpindlerAllantus cinctusBanded Rose SpindlerAllantus cinctusSmall Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorumSmall Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorumPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusAlder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alniAlder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alniEvents & activities nearby
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