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Hartley Lane Allotments

BirdsWildlifeSeasonal

Public accessDogs welcome

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53.43700, -1.36808

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Magpie
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 286m away — 20 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Magpie
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 286m away — 20 car parks within reach

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🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Magpie, Dunnock +57 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Magpie, Dunnock +57 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Frogbit, Bee Orchid, Canadian Fleabane +18 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Frogbit, Bee Orchid, Canadian Fleabane +18 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Shaggy Inkcap · last seen 2025; Fungi — Shaggy Inkcap · last seen 2025

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Lime-speck Pug · last seen 2025; Insects — Lime-speck Pug · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Five Weirs WalkWalking route

Named routeRef Five

Sheffield CanalWalking route

Named routeRef Canal

Sheffield Country WalkWalking route85 km

Named routeLength 85 kmRegional walking route

Old Salt RoadWalking route

Named route

Quarry Lanepublic footpath · 255 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 255 mSurface dirtPath type: path

Quarry Lanepublic footpath · 228 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 228 mSurface gravelPath type: path

🚴

Cycling

112 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Route 67Cycling route

Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network

Sheffield Local Cycle NetworkCycling route

Sheffield Local Cycle Network

Named routeLocal cycle route

Rotherham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 6Cycling route

Temporary redirection of NCN 6 due to storm damage

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Blackburn Valley TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

35,418 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

35,418 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds25 species

winter

2025

Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Great Tit · Dunnock +20

RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RookCorvus frugilegus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Common GullLarus canus

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2026

Bee Orchid

Bee OrchidOphrys apifera

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

35,418 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds25 species

winter

2025

Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Great Tit · Dunnock +20

RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RookCorvus frugilegus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Common GullLarus canus

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2026

Bee Orchid

Bee OrchidOphrys apifera

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Ian S · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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