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Moortown Golf Course

📷 Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome

Getting here

53.85810, -1.54413

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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
⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Golf

Very strong match

Golf course

Paid

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Greylag Goose, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +85 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Greylag Goose, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +85 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Western Honey Bee, Common Carder Bee, 7-spot Ladybird +53 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Western Honey Bee, Common Carder Bee, 7-spot Ladybird +53 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Ebor WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

East Keskick And Hetchell Wood 6.25 miles 3.5 hoursWalking route

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

Goodrick Lanepublic footpath · 494 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 494 mSurface pavedPath type: service

🚴

Cycling

53 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 66Cycling route

Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network

Wyke Beck WayCycling route

Named routeRef RP-TNLocal 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

Route 677Cycling route

Named routeRef 677National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 668Cycling route

Named routeRef 668National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

28,954 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

28,954 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

summerautumn

2026

Greylag Goose · Grey Heron · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow +52

Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Great TitParus major2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
SwiftApus apus2025

🐝

Insects12 species

summerautumn

2025

Common Carder Bee · Birch Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Western Honey Bee +7

Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Opomyza florumOpomyza florum
Field Digger WaspMellinus arvensis
Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

28,954 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

summerautumn

2026

Greylag Goose · Grey Heron · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow +52

Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Great TitParus major2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
SwiftApus apus2025

🐝

Insects12 species

summerautumn

2025

Common Carder Bee · Birch Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Western Honey Bee +7

Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Opomyza florumOpomyza florum
Field Digger WaspMellinus arvensis
Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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