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📷 Richard Croft · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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53.69563, -1.30486

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldfinch and Woodpigeon
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldfinch and Woodpigeon
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· FreePicnic spotPlayground

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Goldfinch, Woodpigeon, Robin +70 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Goldfinch, Woodpigeon, Robin +70 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +17 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +17 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Red Campion, Butterfly-bush, Purple-loosestrife +14 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Red Campion, Butterfly-bush, Purple-loosestrife +14 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Wakefield WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Atkinson Lanepublic footpath · 7 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 7 mPath type: footway

Atkinson Lanepublic footpath · 63 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 63 mSurface gravelPath type: unclassified

Atkinson Lanepublic footpath · 233 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 233 mPath type: footway

🚴

Cycling

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Castleford Wakefield GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef 69Local cycle route

Route 69Cycling route

Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network

Castleford GreenwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route996 m

Named routeRef 69Length 996 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.4 km

Named routeRef 69Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

13,725 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,725 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winter

2026

Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Robin · Blackbird +44

GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CootFulica atra2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
MagpiePica pica2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Little OwlAthene noctua
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025

🐝

Insects5 species

springwinter

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Small Black Ant · Red-legged Shieldbug

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Small Black AntLasius niger
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,725 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winter

2026

Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Robin · Blackbird +44

GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CootFulica atra2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
MagpiePica pica2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Little OwlAthene noctua
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025

🐝

Insects5 species

springwinter

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Small Black Ant · Red-legged Shieldbug

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Small Black AntLasius niger
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Richard Croft · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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