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Knowl Park

📷 Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessDogs welcome

Getting here

53.67854, -1.69454

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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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Magpie +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Magpie +60 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Playing field

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Route 66

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Kirklees WayWalking route116 km

Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route

Calderdale WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Hey Green Circular TrailWalking route

Named route

Wakefield WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Brighouse Boundary WalkWalking route29 km

Named routeLength 29 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Canal towpathpublic footpath · 12 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 12 mSurface cobblestonePath type: footway

🚴

Cycling

63 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 66Cycling route

Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network

Route 69Cycling route

Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 699Cycling route

Named routeRef 699National Cycle Network

Birkby Bradley GreenwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route56 m

Named routeRef 66Length 56 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route594 m

Named routeRef 69Length 594 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

16,153 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,153 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

summerautumn

2026

Mallard · Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Carrion Crow +36

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
SwiftApus apus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Bat

BatChiroptera

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🌿

Plants2 species

summerautumn

2025

Common Feather-moss · Hemlock Water-dropwort

Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,153 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

summerautumn

2026

Mallard · Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Carrion Crow +36

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
SwiftApus apus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Bat

BatChiroptera

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🌿

Plants2 species

summerautumn

2025

Common Feather-moss · Hemlock Water-dropwort

Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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