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Leeds Rugby Acadamy

📷 Stephen Craven · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

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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
☕Morrisons Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ 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
☕Morrisons Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Grey Heron +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Grey Heron +75 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 2-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Western Honey Bee +35 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 2-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Western Honey Bee +35 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Springy Turf-moss, Evergreen Spindle · last seen 2026; Plants — Springy Turf-moss, Evergreen Spindle · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds)Walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)

Named routeRegional walking route

Calverley Millenium WayWalking route

Boundary walk around Calverley

Named routeLocal walking route

Leeds Country WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Airedale WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Dales Way LinkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

100 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 66Cycling route

Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network

Garforth to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef G-CCLocal cycle route

Middleton to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef M-CCLocal cycle route

Alwoodley to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef A-CCLocal cycle route

West Park to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef W-CCLocal cycle route

Cycle Superhighway 1Cycling route

Named routeRef CS1Regional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

38,196 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

38,196 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Mallard · Blackbird · Magpie · Peregrine +42

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
TealAnas crecca2025
CootFulica atra2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
House SparrowPasser domesticus
DunnockPrunella modularis
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · American Mink

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
American MinkNeovison vison2025

🐝

Insects6 species

winterspring

2026

2-spot Ladybird · Varied Carpet Beetle · Common Carder Bee · Syrphus · Cuckoo-Spit Insect +1

2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
SyrphusSyrphus
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Grey SilverfishCtenolepisma longicaudata2025

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2026

Springy Turf-moss

Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

38,196 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Mallard · Blackbird · Magpie · Peregrine +42

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
TealAnas crecca2025
CootFulica atra2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
House SparrowPasser domesticus
DunnockPrunella modularis
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · American Mink

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
American MinkNeovison vison2025

🐝

Insects6 species

winterspring

2026

2-spot Ladybird · Varied Carpet Beetle · Common Carder Bee · Syrphus · Cuckoo-Spit Insect +1

2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
SyrphusSyrphus
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Grey SilverfishCtenolepisma longicaudata2025

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2026

Springy Turf-moss

Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Stephen Craven · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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