Cannon Hall Country Park
47 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome47 ha
Getting here
53.56942, -1.58782
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Canada Goose
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐾Shire Horses on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Canada Goose
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐾Shire Horses on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets🐄Farm visit
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Canada Goose, Jackdaw +68 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Canada Goose, Jackdaw +68 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Western Honey Bee, Eristalis tenax, Eristalis pertinax +24 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Purple-loosestrife, Daisy +90 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Silkstone Common to Wombwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Barnsley Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wakefield WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Stockport to Silkstone Common)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 627Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 627National Cycle Network
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Trans Pennine Trail (Penistone - Kirkburton)Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 62Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route617 m▾
Named routeRef 62Length 617 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
13 public paths nearby
Public paths
Dark Lanebridleway · 73 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 73 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Dark Lanebridleway · 272 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 272 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
4,433 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,433 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Mallard · Canada Goose · Greylag Goose · Moorhen · Woodpigeon +38
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
American Mink · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- American MinkNeovison vison
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Willow Bean-galler · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Western Honey Bee · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Varied Carpet Beetle +1
- Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Purple-loosestrife · Hemp-agrimony · Gypsywort · Marsh Woundwort · Buttonweed +9
- Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
- GypsywortLycopus europaeus
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
- ButtonweedCotula coronopifolia
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- HornbeamCarpinus betulus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,433 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Mallard · Canada Goose · Greylag Goose · Moorhen · Woodpigeon +38
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
American Mink · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- American MinkNeovison vison
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Willow Bean-galler · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Western Honey Bee · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Varied Carpet Beetle +1
- Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Purple-loosestrife · Hemp-agrimony · Gypsywort · Marsh Woundwort · Buttonweed +9
- Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
- GypsywortLycopus europaeus
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
- ButtonweedCotula coronopifolia
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- HornbeamCarpinus betulus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
