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📷 John Goldsmith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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53.69260, -1.49158

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Coffee Club — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Coffee Club — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· PaidPlayground

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +82 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +82 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Borage, Herb-Robert, Grey-cushioned Grimmia +21 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Borage, Herb-Robert, Grey-cushioned Grimmia +21 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Green Shieldbug, Hairy Shieldbug, Cream-spot Ladybird +11 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Green Shieldbug, Hairy Shieldbug, Cream-spot Ladybird +11 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Walton 2Walking route

Named 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

Leeds Country WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

66 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 69Cycling route

Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network

Route 67Cycling route

Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network

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 route485 m

Named routeRef 69Length 485 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

20,497 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

20,497 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

winter

2026

Cormorant · Magpie · Blue Tit · Redwing · Robin +50

CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great TitParus major2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025

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Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Cream-spot Ladybird

Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata

🌿

Plants3 species

winterautumn

2026

Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Wall Screw-moss · Floating Pennywort

Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

20,497 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

winter

2026

Cormorant · Magpie · Blue Tit · Redwing · Robin +50

CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great TitParus major2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Cream-spot Ladybird

Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata

🌿

Plants3 species

winterautumn

2026

Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Wall Screw-moss · Floating Pennywort

Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 John Goldsmith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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