LOTHERTON HALL ESTATE
57 ha
Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome57 ha
Getting here
53.81814, -1.31910
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Rook
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Rook
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park; Country park — good for group day out
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Rook, Carrion Crow +46 more · last seen 2026; Country park — mixed habitats
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Rook, Carrion Crow +46 more · last seen 2026; Country park — managed habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Country park — designed for family visits
Free
Dogs allowed — country park
Free
Grade II* listed building: LOTHERTON CHAPEL
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Fly LineWalking route▾
Battlefield TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
26 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
NCN National Route 697Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 697National Cycle Network
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route84 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 84 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
The Pilgrim Priest at Lotherton Hall
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,840 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,840 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Rook · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Robin +44
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springwinter
2025▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Lesser Stag Beetle · Tawny Mining Bee · Oak Bush-cricket · Red-legged Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly +2
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- SyrphusSyrphus
Raspberry · Common Feather-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,840 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Rook · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Robin +44
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springwinter
2025▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Lesser Stag Beetle · Tawny Mining Bee · Oak Bush-cricket · Red-legged Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly +2
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- SyrphusSyrphus
Raspberry · Common Feather-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
7-spot Ladybird
7-spot Ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinella septempunctata
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