Lane Head Recreation Ground
6 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
53.70749, -1.78920
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 148m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 148m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Tit, Mallard, Robin +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Great Tit, Mallard, Robin +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hawthorn, Rosebay Willowherb, Cock's-foot +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 2 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
Brighouse Boundary WalkWalking route29 km▾
Named routeLength 29 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Riverside WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Hebble TrailWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route
55 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National 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
Main RouteCycling route534 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 534 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Lane Head Recreation Ground, Brighouse
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Wildlife to spot
19,101 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,101 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Common Gull +40
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Water Scorpion
- Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
Common Smoothcap · Common Bladder-moss · Fox-tail Feather-moss · Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss · Pointed Spear-moss +2
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Common Bladder-mossPhyscomitrium pyriforme
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
- Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2025
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,101 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Common Gull +40
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Water Scorpion
- Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
Common Smoothcap · Common Bladder-moss · Fox-tail Feather-moss · Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss · Pointed Spear-moss +2
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Common Bladder-mossPhyscomitrium pyriforme
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
- Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2025
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas