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Bowling Park

4 ha

📷 Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

53.77445, -1.73891

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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
☕Friends of Bowling Park Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ 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
☕Friends of Bowling Park Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Heart & Dart, Shuttle-shaped Dart +173 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Heart & Dart, Shuttle-shaped Dart +173 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Ribwort Plantain, Japanese Knotweed +18 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Ribwort Plantain, Japanese Knotweed +18 more · last seen 2026

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds; Birds — Carrion Crow, Swift, Woodpigeon +15 more · last seen 2025

Free

Family friendly

Good match

café

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Kirklees WayWalking route116 km

Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route

Calderdale WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Brighouse Boundary WalkWalking route29 km

Named routeLength 29 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Bronte WayWalking route71 km

Named routeLength 71 kmRegional walking route

Calverley Millenium WayWalking route

Boundary walk around Calverley

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

50 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 66Cycling route

Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network

Cycle Superhighway 1Cycling route

Named routeRef CS1Regional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route73 m

Named routeRef 66Length 73 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route1.5 km

Named routeLength 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route9 m

Named routeRef 66Length 9 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route188 m

Named routeRef 66Length 188 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface pavementslabs

Wildlife to spot

5,102 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,102 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds13 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Carrion Crow · Swift · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove +8

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
SwiftApus apus2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
Rock DoveColumba livia
JackdawColoeus monedula
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Common GullLarus canus2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2022
RookCorvus frugilegus2020

🦌

Mammals1 species

springsummerautumn

2022

Hedgehog

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐝

Insects50 species

summerautumn

2026

Large Yellow Underwing · Lesser Yellow Underwing · Old Lady · Svensson's Copper Underwing · Common Rustic agg. +45

Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019
Old LadyMormo maura2019
Svensson's Copper UnderwingAmphipyra berbera2019
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2019
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
Straw DotRivula sericealis2019
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019
Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2019
Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2019
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019
BrickSunira circellaris2019
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019
Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2019
Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis2019
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2019
SallowCirrhia icteritia2019
Yellow Mealworm BeetleTenebrio molitor
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2023
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2023
Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2019
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019
Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019
Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2019
Dark ChestnutConistra ligula2019
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019
True Lover's KnotLycophotia porphyrea2019
Silver YAutographa gamma2019
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019
Autumnal RusticEugnorisma glareosa2019
Heath RusticXestia agathina2019
Gold SpotPlusia festucae2019
Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica2019
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2019
Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2019
Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius2019
Antler MothCerapteryx graminis2019

🌿

Plants20 species

wintersummer

2026

Ribwort Plantain · Japanese Knotweed · Creeping Feather-moss · Pointed Spear-moss · Common Feather-moss +15

Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2021
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023
Greater PlantainPlantago major2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2023
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
Greater Quaking-grassBriza maxima2022
BeechFagus sylvatica2021
DaisyBellis perennis2021
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2020
ElderSambucus nigra2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,102 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds13 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Carrion Crow · Swift · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove +8

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
SwiftApus apus2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
Rock DoveColumba livia
JackdawColoeus monedula
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Common GullLarus canus2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2022
RookCorvus frugilegus2020

🦌

Mammals1 species

springsummerautumn

2022

Hedgehog

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐝

Insects50 species

summerautumn

2026

Large Yellow Underwing · Lesser Yellow Underwing · Old Lady · Svensson's Copper Underwing · Common Rustic agg. +45

Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019
Old LadyMormo maura2019
Svensson's Copper UnderwingAmphipyra berbera2019
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2019
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
Straw DotRivula sericealis2019
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019
Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2019
Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2019
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019
BrickSunira circellaris2019
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019
Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2019
Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis2019
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2019
SallowCirrhia icteritia2019
Yellow Mealworm BeetleTenebrio molitor
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2023
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2023
Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2019
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019
Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019
Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2019
Dark ChestnutConistra ligula2019
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019
True Lover's KnotLycophotia porphyrea2019
Silver YAutographa gamma2019
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019
Autumnal RusticEugnorisma glareosa2019
Heath RusticXestia agathina2019
Gold SpotPlusia festucae2019
Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica2019
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2019
Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2019
Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius2019
Antler MothCerapteryx graminis2019

🌿

Plants20 species

wintersummer

2026

Ribwort Plantain · Japanese Knotweed · Creeping Feather-moss · Pointed Spear-moss · Common Feather-moss +15

Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2021
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023
Greater PlantainPlantago major2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2023
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
Greater Quaking-grassBriza maxima2022
BeechFagus sylvatica2021
DaisyBellis perennis2021
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2020
ElderSambucus nigra2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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