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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome32 ha
Getting here
53.66847, -1.40502
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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
- 🅿️Parking 204m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 204m away — 2 car parks within reach
Best for
7 activitiesDeciduous woodland priority habitat
Dogs allowed with public access
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Urban park — open green space
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 4 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
Lidget Lanepublic footpath · 191 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 191 mSurface unpavedPath type: footway
Back Lanepublic footpath · 273 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 273 mPath type: footway
Lidget Lanepublic footpath · 1.1 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.1 kmSurface unpavedPath type: footway
49 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Wonders of WakefieldCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoWLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route185 m▾
Named routeRef 67Length 185 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route373 m▾
Named routeRef 67Length 373 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Fishing 'jetty' number 1 on Sharlston Common Lake
Photos
Fishing 'jetty' number 1 on Sharlston Common Lake
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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Wildlife to spot
1,525 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,525 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds44 species
wintersummerautumn
2025Great Spotted Woodpecker · Mute Swan · Coot · Moorhen · Woodpigeon
+39 more speciesHide species list
All 44 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Apus apus apusApus apus apus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Dendrocopos major anglicusDendrocopos major anglicus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumnwinter
2025Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Hedgehog
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025Common Toad
Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Common Blue Damselfly · Red-eyed Damselfly · Rosemary Beetle · Athous haemorrhoidalis
+2 more speciesHide species list
All 7 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2024
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
- Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2024
Foxglove · Yellow-rattle · Sweet Chestnut · Meadow Buttercup · Common Sorrel
+22 more speciesHide species list
All 27 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2022
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa2022
- Lady's Bedstraw
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,525 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds44 species
wintersummerautumn
2025Great Spotted Woodpecker · Mute Swan · Coot · Moorhen · Woodpigeon
+39 more speciesHide species list
All 44 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Apus apus apusApus apus apus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Dendrocopos major anglicusDendrocopos major anglicus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumnwinter
2025Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Hedgehog
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025Common Toad
Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Common Blue Damselfly · Red-eyed Damselfly · Rosemary Beetle · Athous haemorrhoidalis
+2 more speciesHide species list
All 7 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2024
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
- Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2024
Foxglove · Yellow-rattle · Sweet Chestnut · Meadow Buttercup · Common Sorrel
+22 more speciesHide species list
All 27 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2022
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa2022
- Lady's Bedstraw
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Galium verum2022
Galium verum2022
Red CloverTrifolium pratense var. sativum2022Red CloverTrifolium pratense var. sativum2022Bird's-Foot-TrefoilLotus2022Bird's-Foot-TrefoilLotus2022Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra subsp. nigra2022Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra subsp. nigra2022Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaSmall BalsamImpatiens parviflora2024Small BalsamImpatiens parviflora2024Red CampionSilene dioica2024Red CampionSilene dioica2024Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2024Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2024Yellow AzaleaRhododendron luteum2024Yellow AzaleaRhododendron luteum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2023Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2023Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023Marsh OrchidDactylorhiza2022Marsh OrchidDactylorhiza2022Common VetchVicia sativa subsp. segetalis2022Common VetchVicia sativa subsp. segetalis2022VetchVicia spp.2022VetchVicia spp.2022YarrowAchillea millefolium2022YarrowAchillea millefolium2022Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2022Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2022Black MedickMedicago lupulina2022Black MedickMedicago lupulina2022Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2022Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2022