Keld heads lead smelt mill
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
54.31252, -1.87926
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Wigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Wigeon
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Lapwing, Wigeon, Curlew +64 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Lapwing, Wigeon, Curlew +64 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Platycheirus albimanus, Cercopis vulnerata +215 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Nettle, Cleavers, Crosswort +21 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
6 Dales TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Herriot WayWalking route79.3 km▾
Named routeRef HWLength 79.3 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Keldheads Lanepublic footpath · 106 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 106 mPath type: track
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 71Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 71National Cycle Network
National Byway Trans-Pennine SpurCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Yorkshire Dales CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef YDCRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route14.3 km▾
Named routeRef 71Length 14.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Chimney at Keld Heads Smelt Mill
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
4,273 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,273 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springautumn
2026▾
Long-tailed Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Curlew · Oystercatcher · Wigeon +37
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Brown Hare · Roe Deer
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects73 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Platycheirus albimanus · Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Field Grasshopper +68
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Raspberry
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,273 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springautumn
2026▾
Long-tailed Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Curlew · Oystercatcher · Wigeon +37
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Brown Hare · Roe Deer
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects73 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Platycheirus albimanus · Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Field Grasshopper +68
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Raspberry
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas