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🦅Birds🧺Picnic🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
53.92892, -1.38934
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Blue Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Phoenix Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Blue Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Phoenix Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Blue Tit, Magpie +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Mallard, Blue Tit, Magpie +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis tenax, Platycheirus albimanus, Hairy-footed Flower Bee +171 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Ebor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
East Keskick And Hetchell Wood 6.25 miles 3.5 hoursWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Harrogate and Knaresborough Heritage TrailWalking route▾
35 km trail passing many historic buildings and sites. Not waymarked. Easy walking.
Named routeLocal walking route
47 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 665Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 665National Cycle Network
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Elmet GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route15 m▾
Named routeRef 67Length 15 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route441 m▾
Named routeRef 67Length 441 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The OwlMountain bike route▾
The StarlingMountain bike route▾
Red Kite TrailMountain bike route▾
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Quarry Hill Lanebridleway · 238 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 238 mPath type: bridleway
Quarry Hill Lanebridleway · 3 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 3 mPath type: service
Quarry Hill Lanebridleway · 19 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 19 mPath type: bridleway
Quarry Hill Lanebridleway · 195 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 195 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Quarry Hill Lanebridleway · 42 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 42 mPath type: bridleway
Photos

Jubilee Gardens with the Georgian bath-house
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
10,905 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
10,905 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Dunnock +33
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🐝Insects39 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Eristalis tenax · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Syrphus torvus · Meliscaeva auricollis · Marmalade Hoverfly +34
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Bombus terrestris subsp. audax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,905 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Dunnock +33
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🐝Insects39 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Eristalis tenax · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Syrphus torvus · Meliscaeva auricollis · Marmalade Hoverfly +34
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Bombus terrestris subsp. audax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bombus terrestris subsp. audax2025
Bombus terrestris subsp. audax2025
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025PlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusBuffish Mining BeeAndrena nigroaeneaBuffish Mining BeeAndrena nigroaeneaHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorEarly BumblebeeBombus pratorumEarly BumblebeeBombus pratorum7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataEupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Cheilosia caerulescensCheilosia caerulescens2025Cheilosia caerulescensCheilosia caerulescens2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Notonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculata2025Notonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculata2025Coriomeris denticulatusCoriomeris denticulatus2025Coriomeris denticulatusCoriomeris denticulatus2025Platycheirus manicatusPlatycheirus manicatus2025Platycheirus manicatusPlatycheirus manicatus2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae2025Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae2025Platycheirus clypeatus agg.Platycheirus clypeatus agg.2025Platycheirus clypeatus agg.Platycheirus clypeatus agg.2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Platycheirus granditarsusPlatycheirus granditarsus2025Platycheirus granditarsusPlatycheirus granditarsus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Events & activities nearby
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