Kirkstall Abbey and precinct including a prehistoric cup and ring marked rock 18 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Free entry Dogs welcome 18 ha
Places › England › Yorkshire and the Humber › Leeds Getting here
53.82176, -1.60761
Open directionsv ✦ Scheduled Ancient Monument — Nationally protected archaeological site on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). Scheduled monuments represent the best surviving examples of England's irreplaceable archaeological heritage.
Church building scheduled monument c. 1152
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Abbey Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Abbey Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Little Ringed Plover, Blackbird +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Little Ringed Plover, Blackbird +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syrphus, Western Honey Bee, Harlequin Ladybird +84 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Syrphus, Western Honey Bee, Harlequin Ladybird +84 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Bluebell, Springy Turf-moss, Evergreen Spindle +4 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Bluebell, Springy Turf-moss, Evergreen Spindle +4 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds) Walking route ▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Calverley Millenium Way Walking route ▾
Boundary walk around Calverley
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Leeds Country Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Airedale Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Dales Way Link Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 95 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 66 National Cycle Network
Show on map Garforth to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref G-CC Local cycle route
Show on map Middleton to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref M-CC Local cycle route
Show on map Alwoodley to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref A-CC Local cycle route
Show on map West Park to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref W-CC Local cycle route
Show on map Cycle Superhighway 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref CS1 Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos Entrance to Kirkstall Abbey from Abbey Road
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Wildlife to spot
31,768 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 31,768 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blackbird · Robin +37
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Magpie Pica pica2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
American Mink · Grey Squirrel
American Mink Neovison vison Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 2-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Varied Carpet Beetle · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Eristalis tenax +8
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025 Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025 Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum Springy Turf-moss
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 31,768 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blackbird · Robin +37
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Magpie Pica pica2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
American Mink · Grey Squirrel
American Mink Neovison vison Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 2-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Varied Carpet Beetle · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Eristalis tenax +8
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025 Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025 Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum Springy Turf-moss
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
Ribautiana tenerrima Ribautiana tenerrima2025
Ribautiana tenerrima Ribautiana tenerrima2025
Epistrophe grossulariae Epistrophe grossulariae2025
Epistrophe grossulariae Epistrophe grossulariae2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
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