Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
53.77237, -1.71962
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Deli Sandwiches — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Deli Sandwiches — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Lily Beetle, Common Blue, Comma +10 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Calderdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Brighouse Boundary WalkWalking route29 km▾
Named routeLength 29 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Bronte WayWalking route71 km▾
Named routeLength 71 kmRegional walking route
Calverley Millenium WayWalking route▾
Boundary walk around Calverley
Named routeLocal walking route
50 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Cycle Superhighway 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef CS1Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route73 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 73 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeLength 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route9 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 9 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route188 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 188 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface pavementslabs
Photos
Knowles Park on Dawson Lane
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
983 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
983 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
springwinter
2025▾
Swift · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +30
- SwiftApus apus2023
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2020
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2017
- Great TitParus major2017
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2016
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2019
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2017
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2017
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2015
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2011
- Rock DoveColumba livia2011
- DunnockPrunella modularis2011
- RobinErithacus rubecula2011
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2017
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2016
- CootFulica atra2016
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2016
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2016
- RookCorvus frugilegus2012
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2012
- SwallowHirundo rustica2011
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2011
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2011
- CurlewNumenius arquata2011
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2011
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2011
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2011
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2011
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2011
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2011
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2010
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2010
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2010
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummerautumn
2023▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2022▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects12 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Lily Beetle · Common Blue · Comma · Humming-bird Hawk-moth · Yellow Mealworm Beetle +7
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2019
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2011
- CommaPolygonia c-album2017
- Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2011
- Yellow Mealworm BeetleTenebrio molitor
🌿Plants36 species
springsummer
2025▾
Himalayan Balsam · Bluebell · Japanese Knotweed · Elder · Pedunculate Oak +31
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022
- ElderSambucus nigra2020
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2010
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
983 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
springwinter
2025▾
Swift · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +30
- SwiftApus apus2023
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2020
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2017
- Great TitParus major2017
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2016
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2019
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2017
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2017
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2015
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2011
- Rock DoveColumba livia2011
- DunnockPrunella modularis2011
- RobinErithacus rubecula2011
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2017
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2016
- CootFulica atra2016
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2016
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2016
- RookCorvus frugilegus2012
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2012
- SwallowHirundo rustica2011
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2011
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2011
- CurlewNumenius arquata2011
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2011
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2011
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2011
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2011
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2011
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2011
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2010
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2010
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2010
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummerautumn
2023▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2022▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects12 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Lily Beetle · Common Blue · Comma · Humming-bird Hawk-moth · Yellow Mealworm Beetle +7
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2019
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2011
- CommaPolygonia c-album2017
- Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2011
- Yellow Mealworm BeetleTenebrio molitor
🌿Plants36 species
springsummer
2025▾
Himalayan Balsam · Bluebell · Japanese Knotweed · Elder · Pedunculate Oak +31
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022
- ElderSambucus nigra2020
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2010
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red-legged Shieldbug
Red-legged Shieldbug
Pentatoma rufipes2025
Pentatoma rufipes2025
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2021Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2021Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius20192-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20142-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2014Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2014Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2014Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2014Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis20147-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20147-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2014Black Nightshade
Black Nightshade
Solanum nigrum
Solanum nigrum
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidensNarrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidensHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumWood AvensGeum urbanum2023Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023White CloverTrifolium repens2023White CloverTrifolium repens2023CleaversGalium aparine2023CleaversGalium aparine2023MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2021MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2021AlderAlnus glutinosa2021AlderAlnus glutinosa2021Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2021Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2021DaisyBellis perennis2021DaisyBellis perennis2021Norway MapleAcer platanoides2020Norway MapleAcer platanoides2020TimothyPhleum pratense2020TimothyPhleum pratense2020HyacinthoidesHyacinthoides2018HyacinthoidesHyacinthoides2018Spanish BluebellHyacinthoides hispanica2017Spanish BluebellHyacinthoides hispanica2017Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2010Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2010Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2010Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2010New Zealand PigmyweedCrassula helmsii2010New Zealand PigmyweedCrassula helmsii2010Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2010Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2010BlackthornPrunus spinosa2010BlackthornPrunus spinosa2010Downy BirchBetula pubescens2010Downy BirchBetula pubescens2010Wild CherryPrunus avium2010Wild CherryPrunus avium2010CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli2010CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli2010Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2010Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2010Clustered BarberryBerberis aggregata2010Clustered BarberryBerberis aggregata2010Hedera helixHedera helix2010Hedera helixHedera helix2010Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2010Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2010Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2010Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2010Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2010Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2010Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2010Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2010Events & activities nearby
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