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Horbury Quarry

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Dogs welcome

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53.65929, -1.56699

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +73 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 — Bramble, Common Nettle, Ivy +28 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Bramble, Common Nettle, Ivy +28 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Bramble, Common Nettle, Hawthorn +5 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird · last seen 2025; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Kirklees WayWalking route116 km

Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route

Wakefield WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Dearne WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Dewsbury and District Ramblers Centenary WalkWalking route

Named route

Engine Lanepublic footpath · 334 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 334 mPath type: service

🚴

Cycling

42 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 69Cycling route

Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 699Cycling route

Named routeRef 699National Cycle Network

West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route

Wakefield WheelCycling route

Named routeRef WheelLocal cycle route

Wonders of WakefieldCycling route

Named routeRef WoWLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route485 m

Named routeRef 69Length 485 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

Matty Marsden Lanebridleway · 525 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 525 mSurface dirtPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

17,185 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

17,185 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

winter

2025

Magpie · Blue Tit · Pied Wagtail · Blackbird · Goosander +43

MagpiePica pica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoosanderMergus merganser
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great TitParus major
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Greylag GooseAnser anser
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
TealAnas crecca
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Stock DoveColumba oenas
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
GreenfinchChloris chloris
JackdawColoeus monedula
JayGarrulus glandarius
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Mute SwanCygnus olor
RookCorvus frugilegus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

17,185 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

winter

2025

Magpie · Blue Tit · Pied Wagtail · Blackbird · Goosander +43

MagpiePica pica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoosanderMergus merganser
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great TitParus major
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Greylag GooseAnser anser
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
TealAnas crecca
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Stock DoveColumba oenas
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
GreenfinchChloris chloris
JackdawColoeus monedula
JayGarrulus glandarius
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Mute SwanCygnus olor
RookCorvus frugilegus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 SMJ · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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