Goosehill Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.69463, -1.43157
Open directionsv
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
- 🅿️Parking 265m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 265m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Walton 2Walking route▾
Wakefield WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds)Walking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)
Named routeRegional walking route
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
75 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Castleford Wakefield GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 69Local cycle route
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Castleford GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Wakefield WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef WheelLocal cycle route
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Train at Goosehill Junction 1980
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Wildlife to spot
2,059 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,059 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds23 species
springautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Magpie +18
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Hedgehog · Wood Mouse
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Western Conifer Seed Bug · Harlequin Ladybird · Lesser Stag Beetle · Speckled Bush-cricket · Hornet
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2022
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023
- HornetVespa crabro2022
Giant Hogweed · Japanese Knotweed · Lesser Celandine · Ragged-Robin · Hawthorn +6
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2024
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,059 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds23 species
springautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Magpie +18
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Hedgehog · Wood Mouse
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Western Conifer Seed Bug · Harlequin Ladybird · Lesser Stag Beetle · Speckled Bush-cricket · Hornet
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2022
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023
- HornetVespa crabro2022
Giant Hogweed · Japanese Knotweed · Lesser Celandine · Ragged-Robin · Hawthorn +6
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2024
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2022Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2022Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2022Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2022Common MallowMalva sylvestris2022Common MallowMalva sylvestris2022Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2022Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2022Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022Events & activities nearby
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