Plan your visit
🛝Family🧺Picnic🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
53.97022, -1.10404
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕YHA Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕YHA Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Rock Dove +49 more · last seen 2026; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
playground, toilets, café
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Rock Dove +49 more · last seen 2026; Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus, 2-spot Ladybird +102 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route134 km▾
Named routeLength 134 kmRegional walking route
Ebor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Foss WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Millennium WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Jorvic WayWalking route104 km▾
Named routeLength 104 kmRegional walking route
110 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
NCN National Route 665Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 665National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 658Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 658National Cycle Network
Solar System RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
25,520 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,520 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Greylag Goose · Great Tit · Mallard · Robin +12
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects9 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Trioza centranthi · Norellia spinipes · Scathophaga stercoraria +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Herb-Robert · Pointed Spear-moss +68
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Butterfly-bush
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,520 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Greylag Goose · Great Tit · Mallard · Robin +12
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects9 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Trioza centranthi · Norellia spinipes · Scathophaga stercoraria +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Herb-Robert · Pointed Spear-moss +68
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Butterfly-bush
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Buddleja davidii
Buddleja davidii
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