Plan your visit
🌳Ancient🦅Birds💜Bluebells
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome238 ha
Getting here
53.75641, -1.54873
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- 💜Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 261m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- 💜Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 261m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🌳Ancient woodland
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Carrion Crow +69 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
Free
💜Bluebell walks
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Wood Anemone, Red Campion, Lesser Celandine +40 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Carrion Crow +69 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Dock Bug, Syrphus, Epistrophe eligans +11 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Wakefield WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds)Walking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)
Named routeRegional walking route
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Airedale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
78 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
Wyke Beck WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef RP-TNLocal 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
Photos
Path through Middleton Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,698 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,698 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Magpie · Jay +40
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- CootFulica atra
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2025▾
Common Shrew · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Dock Bug · Syrphus · Epistrophe eligans · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Hairy Shieldbug +6
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Wood Anemone · Red Campion · Field Horsetail · Lesser Celandine · Dog's Mercury +19
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Parsley-leaved BrambleRubus laciniatus2024
- Enchanter's-nightshade
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,698 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Magpie · Jay +40
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- CootFulica atra
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2025▾
Common Shrew · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Dock Bug · Syrphus · Epistrophe eligans · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Hairy Shieldbug +6
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Wood Anemone · Red Campion · Field Horsetail · Lesser Celandine · Dog's Mercury +19
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Parsley-leaved BrambleRubus laciniatus2024
- Enchanter's-nightshade
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red-legged Shieldbug
Red-legged Shieldbug
Pentatoma rufipes
Pentatoma rufipes
Solomon's-seal SawflyPhymatocera aterrimaSolomon's-seal SawflyPhymatocera aterrimaEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataVolucella inanisVolucella inanis2024Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024Circaea lutetiana2024
Circaea lutetiana2024
Wood MelickMelica uniflora2024Wood MelickMelica uniflora2024Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2024Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2024Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2024Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2024Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2024Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2024MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2024Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2024Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Silver BirchBetula pendula2024Silver BirchBetula pendula2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024CleaversGalium aparine2024CleaversGalium aparine2024Goat WillowSalix caprea2024Goat WillowSalix caprea2024Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana2024Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2024Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Events & activities nearby
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