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The Pleasure Grounds - Broadleaved woodland

3 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha

Getting here

53.59462, -1.84499

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 252m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 252m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· PaidPlayground

Best for

8 activities

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Pennine Cycleway

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

12 signed routes nearby · 31 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Kirklees WayWalking route116 km

Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route

Pennine Way (Crowden to Standedge)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 7Walking route16.9 km

Named routeLength 16.9 kmRegional walking route

Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 6Walking route13.7 km

Named routeLength 13.7 kmRegional walking route

Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 5Walking route17 km

Named routeLength 17 kmRegional walking route

Poppy Gardenspublic footpath · 38 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 38 mPath type: residential

Thomas Wroe Waypublic footpath · 73 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 73 mPath type: residential

Station Roadpublic footpath · 50 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 50 mPath type: unclassified

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Cycling

32 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route

Pennine CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route964 m

Named routeRef 68Length 964 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route771 m

Named routeRef 68Length 771 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route463 m

Named routeRef 68Length 463 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route43 m

Named routeRef 68Length 43 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

47,125 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

47,125 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

winter

2025

Tufted Duck · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Goosander · Cormorant · Canada Goose +51

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
GoosanderMergus merganser
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
TealAnas crecca
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GadwallMareca strepera
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Common GullLarus canus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Stock DoveColumba oenas
GreenfinchChloris chloris
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
RobinErithacus rubecula
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Barn OwlTyto alba
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
DunnockPrunella modularis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
NuthatchSitta europaea
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Greylag GooseAnser anser

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

47,125 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

winter

2025

Tufted Duck · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Goosander · Cormorant · Canada Goose +51

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
GoosanderMergus merganser
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
TealAnas crecca
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GadwallMareca strepera
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Common GullLarus canus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Stock DoveColumba oenas
GreenfinchChloris chloris
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
RobinErithacus rubecula
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Barn OwlTyto alba
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
DunnockPrunella modularis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
NuthatchSitta europaea
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Greylag GooseAnser anser

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 habiloid · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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