Meal Bank Quarry Hoffmann kiln, quarry and lime works
6 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
54.15705, -2.46448
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dipper and Carrion Crow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 234m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dipper and Carrion Crow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 234m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Dipper, Carrion Crow, Robin +77 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Dipper, Carrion Crow, Robin +77 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Cercopis vulnerata +47 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Feather-moss, Common Smoothcap, Creeping Thistle +95 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Peaks WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Limestone WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Bentham Heritage Trail AWalking route2 km▾
Named routeLength 2 kmLocal walking route
Dales High WayWalking route145 km▾
Runs from Saltaire (West Yorkshire) to Appleby-in-Westmorland (Cumbria) roughly following route of Settle and Carlisle railway
Named routeLength 145 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Bentham Heritage Trail CWalking route9 km▾
Named routeLength 9 kmLocal walking route
26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Yorkshire Dales CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef YDCRegional cycle route
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
Bentham Bike LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route30 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Fell Lanebridleway · 2 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 2 kmSurface gravelPath type: track
Photos
Meal Bank Quarry, from the north-east
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
13,963 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,963 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springautumn
2025▾
Dipper · Coal Tit · Carrion Crow · Goldfinch · Skylark +31
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RavenCorvus corax
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
🐝Insects7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · 7-spot Ladybird · Limnophora olympiae · 10-spot Ladybird · Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis +2
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Limnophora olympiaeLimnophora olympiae
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Common Feather-moss · Common Smoothcap · Creeping Thistle · Hogweed · Broad-leaved Dock +83
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- DandelionTaraxacum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,963 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springautumn
2025▾
Dipper · Coal Tit · Carrion Crow · Goldfinch · Skylark +31
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RavenCorvus corax
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
🐝Insects7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · 7-spot Ladybird · Limnophora olympiae · 10-spot Ladybird · Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis +2
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Limnophora olympiaeLimnophora olympiae
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Common Feather-moss · Common Smoothcap · Creeping Thistle · Hogweed · Broad-leaved Dock +83
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- DandelionTaraxacum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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