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Lakeside Allotment Gardens

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Dogs welcome

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
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking· Free

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Coot, Carrion Crow +85 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Coot, Carrion Crow +85 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens, Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata, Limnephilus lunatus +142 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens, Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata, Limnephilus lunatus +142 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Lords-and-Ladies, Rosebay Willowherb, Selfheal +1 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Lords-and-Ladies, Rosebay Willowherb, Selfheal +1 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Barnsley Boundary WalkWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Walton 2Walking route
Named route
Wakefield WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds)Walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)

Named routeRegional walking route
Dearne WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
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Cycling

57 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 69Cycling route
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Route 67Cycling route
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Wakefield WheelCycling route
Named routeRef WheelLocal cycle route
Wonders of WakefieldCycling route
Named routeRef WoWLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route485 m
Named routeRef 69Length 485 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Pool near Kettlethorpe Hall Drive

Pool near Kettlethorpe Hall Drive

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