Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome108 ha
Getting here
53.77566, -1.74085
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Rock Dove
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 288m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Rock Dove
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 288m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Rock Dove, Woodpigeon +45 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Magpie, Rock Dove, Woodpigeon +45 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Lily Beetle, Common Blue, Harlequin Ladybird +14 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Knotweed +21 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
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
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
912 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
912 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Swift · Magpie · Blackbird +30
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwiftApus apus2023
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2020
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2019
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2019
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2017
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2020
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2017
- Great TitParus major2017
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2017
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2017
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2017
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2017
- CootFulica atra2016
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2016
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2020
- RookCorvus frugilegus2020
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2019
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2019
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2017
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2016
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog · American Mink
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- American MinkNeovison vison
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2019▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects14 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Lily Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Comma · Yellow Mealworm Beetle +9
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2023
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- CommaPolygonia c-album2017
- Yellow Mealworm BeetleTenebrio molitor
Bluebell · Himalayan Balsam · Ribwort Plantain · Japanese Knotweed · Creeping Feather-moss +19
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2018
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2021
- Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
912 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Swift · Magpie · Blackbird +30
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwiftApus apus2023
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2020
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2019
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2019
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2017
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2020
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2017
- Great TitParus major2017
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2017
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2017
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2017
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2017
- CootFulica atra2016
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2016
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2020
- RookCorvus frugilegus2020
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2019
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2019
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2017
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2016
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog · American Mink
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- American MinkNeovison vison
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2019▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects14 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Lily Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Comma · Yellow Mealworm Beetle +9
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2023
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- CommaPolygonia c-album2017
- Yellow Mealworm BeetleTenebrio molitor
Bluebell · Himalayan Balsam · Ribwort Plantain · Japanese Knotweed · Creeping Feather-moss +19
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2018
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2021
- Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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