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Nostell Priory Obelisk Lodge

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📷 Gordon Hatton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕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

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +64 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +64 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Cuckoo-Spit Insect · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Lowland meadows — wild flowers, berries and seasonal plants

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Sweet Chestnut, Beech · last seen 2025; Plants — Sweet Chestnut, Beech · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Barnsley Boundary WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Walton 2Walking route

Named 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

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Cycling

24 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 67Cycling route

Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network

West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route

Wakefield WheelCycling route

Named routeRef WheelLocal cycle route

Wonders of WakefieldCycling route

Named routeRef WoWLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route373 m

Named routeRef 67Length 373 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route1.1 km

Named routeRef 67Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

6,172 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,172 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

winter

2026

Redwing · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird +39

RedwingTurdus iliacus
Great TitParus major2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025

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Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,172 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

winter

2026

Redwing · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird +39

RedwingTurdus iliacus
Great TitParus major2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Gordon Hatton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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