Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome20 ha
Getting here
53.71015, -1.51008
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 138m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 138m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Rook +54 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Rook +54 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Alder Leaf Beetle +18 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Lesser Celandine, Hawthorn +81 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
46 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Middleton to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef M-CCLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 699Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 699National Cycle Network
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Wakefield WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef WheelLocal cycle route
Wonders of WakefieldCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoWLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Grandstand Roadbyway open to all traffic · 473 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 473 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Photos
Outwood Park Play Area - Ledger Lane
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
8,579 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,579 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Pochard · Woodpigeon · Wigeon · Carrion Crow +29
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2024
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2023
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2022
Grey Seal
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Alder Leaf Beetle · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2023
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024
🌿Plants41 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Japanese Knotweed · Lesser Celandine · Cowslip · Sycamore · Red Campion +36
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
- CowslipPrimula veris
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
- Red CampionSilene dioica2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,579 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Pochard · Woodpigeon · Wigeon · Carrion Crow +29
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2024
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2023
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2022
Grey Seal
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Alder Leaf Beetle · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2023
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024
🌿Plants41 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Japanese Knotweed · Lesser Celandine · Cowslip · Sycamore · Red Campion +36
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
- CowslipPrimula veris
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
- Red CampionSilene dioica2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax2023
Eristalis tenax2023
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2023Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2023Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2023Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2023EupeodesEupeodes2023EupeodesEupeodes2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023SyrphusSyrphus2023SyrphusSyrphus2023Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024CleaversGalium aparine2023CleaversGalium aparine2023SalsifyTragopogon porrifolius2023SalsifyTragopogon porrifolius2023Great MulleinVerbascum thapsusGreat MulleinVerbascum thapsusCorncockleAgrostemma githagoCorncockleAgrostemma githagoHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumFeverfewTanacetum partheniumFeverfewTanacetum partheniumBurnet RoseRosa spinosissima2024Burnet RoseRosa spinosissima2024Broad BeanVicia faba2024Broad BeanVicia faba2024Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2024Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2024Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2024Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024HonestyLunaria annua2024HonestyLunaria annua2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2024Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2024GorseUlex europaeus2024GorseUlex europaeus2024ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera2024Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera2024Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2024Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2023Common NettleUrtica dioica2023Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2023Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2023SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023Italian AlderAlnus cordata2023Italian AlderAlnus cordata2023Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2023Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2023WeldReseda luteola2023WeldReseda luteola2023Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2023Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2023Wych ElmUlmus glabra2022Wych ElmUlmus glabra2022Silver BirchBetula pendula2022Silver BirchBetula pendula2022Events & activities nearby
Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.