Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.64865, -1.79734
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Giant Knotweed, Giant Hogweed +29 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: Huddersfield War Memorial
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 37 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
Longroyd Placepublic footpath · 29 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 29 mPath type: residential
Springwood Bridgepublic footpath · 41 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 41 mPath type: footway
Springwood Footpathpublic footpath · 278 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 278 mPath type: footway
50 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
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
Photos
Children's playground, Greenhead Park, Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
11,468 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,468 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Blackbird · Magpie · Carrion Crow +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwiftApus apus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CootFulica atra
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
🦌Mammals4 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Badger · Red Fox · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Scathophaga stercoraria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Orange Balsam · Broad-leaved Pondweed · Flowering-rush · Branched Bur-reed · Traveller's-joy +14
- Orange BalsamImpatiens capensis
- Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans
- Flowering-rushButomus umbellatus
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,468 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Blackbird · Magpie · Carrion Crow +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwiftApus apus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CootFulica atra
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
🦌Mammals4 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Badger · Red Fox · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Scathophaga stercoraria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Orange Balsam · Broad-leaved Pondweed · Flowering-rush · Branched Bur-reed · Traveller's-joy +14
- Orange BalsamImpatiens capensis
- Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans
- Flowering-rushButomus umbellatus
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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