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Bradley Park Golf Course

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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
⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Golf

Very strong match

Golf course

Paid

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +72 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +72 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Floating Pennywort, Giant Hogweed +63 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Floating Pennywort, Giant Hogweed +63 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Garlic Mustard, Pedunculate Oak +7 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Southern Hawker, Alder Leaf Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird +21 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Southern Hawker, Alder Leaf Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird +21 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths 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

Riverside WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Bronte WayWalking route71 km

Named routeLength 71 kmRegional walking route

Firth House Lanepublic footpath · 31 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 31 mSurface concretePath type: service

🚴

Cycling

58 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 66Cycling route

Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network

Route 69Cycling route

Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network

Birkby Bradley GreenwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route299 m

Named routeRef 69Length 299 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route56 m

Named routeRef 66Length 56 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route594 m

Named routeRef 69Length 594 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

14 public paths nearby

Public paths

Steep Lanebridleway · 319 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 319 mSurface groundPath type: bridleway

Shepherds Thorn Lanebridleway · 390 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 390 mSurface compactedPath type: track

Lower Quarry Roadbridleway · 312 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 312 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Lower Quarry Roadbridleway · 9 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 9 mPath type: residential

Lower Quarry Roadbridleway · 29 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 29 mPath type: residential

Wildlife to spot

7,587 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,587 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds78 species

springsummer

2025

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Blue Tit +73

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Rock DoveColumba livia
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
JackdawColoeus monedula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Great TitParus major
SwallowHirundo rustica
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
SwiftApus apus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
JayGarrulus glandarius
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Common GullLarus canus2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
BuzzardButeo buteo
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
GoosanderMergus merganser
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus
Pica pica picaPica pica pica
Buteo buteo buteoButeo buteo buteo2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
Little OwlAthene noctua2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2020
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus
Carduelis carduelis britannicaCarduelis carduelis britannica
Turdus merula merulaTurdus merula merula
Parus major newtoniParus major newtoni
Cyanistes caeruleus obscurusCyanistes caeruleus obscurus
Gallinula chloropus chloropusGallinula chloropus chloropus
Turdus philomelos clarkeiTurdus philomelos clarkei
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus
Branta canadensis canadensisBranta canadensis canadensis
DipperCinclus cinclus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
CootFulica atra2022
Red KiteMilvus milvus2021
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2020
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2020
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2019

🦌

Mammals7 species

springsummer

2025

Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Red Fox · Badger +2

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
BadgerMeles meles2023
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023
MoleTalpa europaea2022

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summer

2024

Common Toad · Smooth Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2021

🐝

Insects24 species

summer

2025

Southern Hawker · Alder Leaf Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Lily Beetle · Common Hawker +19

Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2021
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
Common HawkerAeshna juncea2019
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
SarcophagaSarcophaga2023
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2023
Orange-vented Mason BeeOsmia leaiana2023
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2023
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2022
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2022
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2022
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2021
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2021
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2021
Back-SwimmerNotonecta2021
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2020
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2020
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2019
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2019
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2019
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2019
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2019

🌿

Plants66 species

summer

2026

Japanese Knotweed · Floating Pennywort · Giant Hogweed · Common Nettle · Water Fern +61

Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2024
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Water FernAzolla filiculoides2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
BroomCytisus scoparius2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2024
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
Bird CherryPrunus padus2024
Bush VetchVicia sepium2024
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2024
Red CampionSilene dioica2024
Argentinian VervainVerbena bonariensis2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2024
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum2024
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024
BetonyBetonica officinalis2023
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2023
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2023
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2023
Common ComfreySymphytum officinale2023
RowanSorbus aucuparia2023
HyacinthHyacinthus orientalis2023
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2022
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022
CleaversGalium aparine2022
ElderSambucus nigra2022
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2022
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2022
Bread WheatTriticum aestivum2022
Greater PlantainPlantago major2021
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2021
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2021
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2020
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2020
Wild CherryPrunus avium2020
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2020
Peach-leaved BellflowerCampanula persicifolia2020
Broad BeanVicia faba2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,587 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds78 species

springsummer

2025

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Blue Tit +73

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Rock DoveColumba livia
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
JackdawColoeus monedula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Great TitParus major
SwallowHirundo rustica
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
SwiftApus apus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
JayGarrulus glandarius
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Common GullLarus canus2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
BuzzardButeo buteo
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
GoosanderMergus merganser
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus
Pica pica picaPica pica pica
Buteo buteo buteoButeo buteo buteo2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
Little OwlAthene noctua2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2020
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus
Carduelis carduelis britannicaCarduelis carduelis britannica
Turdus merula merulaTurdus merula merula
Parus major newtoniParus major newtoni
Cyanistes caeruleus obscurusCyanistes caeruleus obscurus
Gallinula chloropus chloropusGallinula chloropus chloropus
Turdus philomelos clarkeiTurdus philomelos clarkei
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus
Branta canadensis canadensisBranta canadensis canadensis
DipperCinclus cinclus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
CootFulica atra2022
Red KiteMilvus milvus2021
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2020
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2020
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2019

🦌

Mammals7 species

springsummer

2025

Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Red Fox · Badger +2

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
BadgerMeles meles2023
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023
MoleTalpa europaea2022

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summer

2024

Common Toad · Smooth Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2021

🐝

Insects24 species

summer

2025

Southern Hawker · Alder Leaf Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Lily Beetle · Common Hawker +19

Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2021
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
Common HawkerAeshna juncea2019
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
SarcophagaSarcophaga2023
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2023
Orange-vented Mason BeeOsmia leaiana2023
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2023
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2022
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2022
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2022
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2021
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2021
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2021
Back-SwimmerNotonecta2021
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2020
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2020
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2019
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2019
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2019
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2019
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2019

🌿

Plants66 species

summer

2026

Japanese Knotweed · Floating Pennywort · Giant Hogweed · Common Nettle · Water Fern +61

Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2024
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Water FernAzolla filiculoides2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
BroomCytisus scoparius2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2024
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
Bird CherryPrunus padus2024
Bush VetchVicia sepium2024
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2024
Red CampionSilene dioica2024
Argentinian VervainVerbena bonariensis2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2024
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum2024
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024
BetonyBetonica officinalis2023
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2023
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2023
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2023
Common ComfreySymphytum officinale2023
RowanSorbus aucuparia2023
HyacinthHyacinthus orientalis2023
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2022
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022
CleaversGalium aparine2022
ElderSambucus nigra2022
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2022
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2022
Bread WheatTriticum aestivum2022
Greater PlantainPlantago major2021
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2021
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2021
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2020
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2020
Wild CherryPrunus avium2020
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2020
Peach-leaved BellflowerCampanula persicifolia2020
Broad BeanVicia faba2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Chris Wimbush · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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