Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome31 ha
Getting here
53.78083, -1.79412
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Coot
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 172m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Coot
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 172m 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, Coot, Moorhen +65 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Magpie, Coot, Moorhen +65 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, Sycamore +22 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 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
Calder Aire LinkWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route
58 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Cycle Superhighway 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef CS1Regional cycle route
The Great Northern Railway TrailCycling 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
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Calder Aire LinkMountain bike route▾
Photos
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Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,723 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,723 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springwinter
2025▾
Mute Swan · Moorhen · Coot · Mallard · Carrion Crow +33
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Common GullLarus canus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Great TitParus major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwiftApus apus
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red-legged Shieldbug
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Himalayan Balsam · Yarrow · Common Knapweed · Rowan · Sycamore +2
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- RowanSorbus aucuparia2024
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,723 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springwinter
2025▾
Mute Swan · Moorhen · Coot · Mallard · Carrion Crow +33
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Common GullLarus canus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Great TitParus major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwiftApus apus
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red-legged Shieldbug
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Himalayan Balsam · Yarrow · Common Knapweed · Rowan · Sycamore +2
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- RowanSorbus aucuparia2024
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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