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Lower Dean Head Reservoir

6 ha

📷 Humphrey Bolton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome6 ha

Getting here

53.77059, -1.96881

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Meadow Pipit, Kestrel +72 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Meadow Pipit, Kestrel +72 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Neat Feather-moss, Common Tamarisk-moss, Flat-topped Bog-moss +18 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Neat Feather-moss, Common Tamarisk-moss, Flat-topped Bog-moss +18 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Hairy Shieldbug, Green Tiger Beetle · last seen 2025; Insects — Hairy Shieldbug, Green Tiger Beetle · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

18 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mary Towneley LoopWalking route

Forms part of Pennine Bridleway National Trail

Named routeRegional walking route

Pennine Way (Warland Reservoir to Calder Valley)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Crags Walk, Hardcastle CragsWalking route1.3 km

Named routeLength 1.3 kmDuration 00:45Round tripLocal walking route

Worth WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Bronte WayWalking route71 km

Named routeLength 71 kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

51 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pennine CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

Route 66Cycling route

Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network

West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route

Route 68Cycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route113 m

Named routeRef 68Length 113 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route27 m

Named routeRef 66Length 27 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

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Mountain biking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Calder Aire LinkMountain bike route

Named route

Great North Trail (Yorkshire Dales)Mountain bike route172.2 km

Named routeLength 172.2 km

Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km

Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

12,814 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,814 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

summerautumn

2025

Carrion Crow · Kestrel · Stonechat · Meadow Pipit · Woodpigeon +41

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
Stock DoveColumba oenas
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Common GullLarus canus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
DunnockPrunella modularis
RobinErithacus rubecula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RookCorvus frugilegus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
LapwingVanellus vanellus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Little OwlAthene noctua
Rock DoveColumba livia
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
DunlinCalidris alpina
LinnetLinaria cannabina
SwiftApus apus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Hairy Shieldbug

Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum

🌿

Plants21 species

spring

2026

Common Tamarisk-moss · Neat Feather-moss · Flat-topped Bog-moss · Greater Fork-moss · Bud-headed Groove-moss +16

Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Flat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallax
Greater Fork-mossDicranum majus
Bud-headed Groove-mossAulacomnium androgynum
White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus
Flagellate Feather-mossHyocomium armoricum
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
Wood-rustCephalozia curvifolia
Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Fringed Bog-mossSphagnum fimbriatum
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,814 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

summerautumn

2025

Carrion Crow · Kestrel · Stonechat · Meadow Pipit · Woodpigeon +41

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
Stock DoveColumba oenas
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Common GullLarus canus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
DunnockPrunella modularis
RobinErithacus rubecula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RookCorvus frugilegus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
LapwingVanellus vanellus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Little OwlAthene noctua
Rock DoveColumba livia
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
DunlinCalidris alpina
LinnetLinaria cannabina
SwiftApus apus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Hairy Shieldbug

Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum

🌿

Plants21 species

spring

2026

Common Tamarisk-moss · Neat Feather-moss · Flat-topped Bog-moss · Greater Fork-moss · Bud-headed Groove-moss +16

Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Flat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallax
Greater Fork-mossDicranum majus
Bud-headed Groove-mossAulacomnium androgynum
White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus
Flagellate Feather-mossHyocomium armoricum
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
Wood-rustCephalozia curvifolia
Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Fringed Bog-mossSphagnum fimbriatum
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Humphrey Bolton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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