Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🌲Walks🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome40 ha
Getting here
53.61695, -1.17162
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
Best for
7 activitiesDogs allowed — country park
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Country park — designed for family visits
Country park — good for group day out
Country park — managed habitat
🦅Bird watching
Moderate match
Country park — mixed habitats
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Selby)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route407 m▾
Named routeRef 62Length 407 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route723 m▾
Named routeRef 62Length 723 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route23 m▾
Named routeRef 62Length 23 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 62Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 62Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
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✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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Wildlife to spot
46,524 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
46,524 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds56 species
winterspringsummer
2025Barn Owl · Blackbird · Coot · Magpie · Woodpigeon
+51 more speciesHide species list
All 56 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspring
2024Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Rabbit
Pine Ladybird · Hairy Dragonfly · Hairy-footed Flower Bee
Hart's-Tongue · Yew · Hemp-agrimony · Meadowsweet · Hemlock
+28 more speciesHide species list
All 33 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- YewTaxus baccata
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
- HemlockConium maculatum2024
- ElderSambucus nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
46,524 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds56 species
winterspringsummer
2025Barn Owl · Blackbird · Coot · Magpie · Woodpigeon
+51 more speciesHide species list
All 56 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspring
2024Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Rabbit
Pine Ladybird · Hairy Dragonfly · Hairy-footed Flower Bee
Hart's-Tongue · Yew · Hemp-agrimony · Meadowsweet · Hemlock
+28 more speciesHide species list
All 33 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- YewTaxus baccata
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
- HemlockConium maculatum2024
- ElderSambucus nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024Downy BirchBetula pubescens2024Downy BirchBetula pubescens2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Silver BirchBetula pendula2024Silver BirchBetula pendula2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2024Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024TimothyPhleum pratense2024TimothyPhleum pratense2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024DandelionTaraxacum2024DandelionTaraxacum2024Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024Common ReedPhragmites australis2024Common ReedPhragmites australis2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024