Fixby Park
✦ Ancient woodland21 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome21 ha
Getting here
53.67451, -1.79988
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕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 — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Heath Plait-moss, Bristly Haircap, Neat Feather-moss +9 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Robin, House Sparrow, Starling +20 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, House Sparrow, Starling +20 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Calderdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Hey Green Circular TrailWalking route▾
Brighouse Boundary WalkWalking route29 km▾
Named routeLength 29 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Riverside WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
68 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Birkby Bradley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route299 m▾
Named routeRef 69Length 299 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route594 m▾
Named routeRef 69Length 594 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route19 m▾
Named routeLength 19 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
The Kirklees Way crosses Fixby Park
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Wildlife to spot
37,333 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
37,333 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Starling · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Blue Tit +12
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Heath Plait-moss · Bristly Haircap · Neat Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Heath Star Moss +6
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
- Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
- RedshankCeratodon purpureus
- Common Feather-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
37,333 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Starling · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Blue Tit +12
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Heath Plait-moss · Bristly Haircap · Neat Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Heath Star Moss +6
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
- Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
- RedshankCeratodon purpureus
- Common Feather-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Kindbergia praelonga
Kindbergia praelonga
Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicansWhitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicansHeatherCalluna vulgarisHeatherCalluna vulgarisRed-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberiRed-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberiBroom Fork-mossDicranum scopariumBroom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium