Church of the Nazarene
3 ha
Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.77781, -1.52752
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Mute Swan
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕morrisons — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Mute Swan
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕morrisons — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan, Mallard +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan, Mallard +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Syrphus +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Dales Way LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
112 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
Swarcliffe Health TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SHTRound tripLocal 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
Photos
Grove Road- looking towards Church Street
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,401 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,401 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Magpie · Moorhen · Rock Dove · Mute Swan +27
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Pipistrelle Bat species
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Dock Bug · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Syrphus · 7-spot Ladybird · Silver Fish +17
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Silver FishLepisma saccharinum
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
🌿Plants60 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Butterfly-bush · Field Maple · Hawthorn · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Yarrow +55
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,401 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Magpie · Moorhen · Rock Dove · Mute Swan +27
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Pipistrelle Bat species
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Dock Bug · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Syrphus · 7-spot Ladybird · Silver Fish +17
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Silver FishLepisma saccharinum
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
🌿Plants60 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Butterfly-bush · Field Maple · Hawthorn · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Yarrow +55
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Scymnus interruptusScymnus interruptus2025Scymnus interruptusScymnus interruptus2025Rhinocyllus conicusRhinocyllus conicus2025Rhinocyllus conicusRhinocyllus conicus2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025Drosophila immigransDrosophila immigrans2025Drosophila immigransDrosophila immigrans2025Meiosimyza decempunctataMeiosimyza decempunctata2025Meiosimyza decempunctataMeiosimyza decempunctata2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2025Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Firethorn
Firethorn
Pyracantha coccinea
Pyracantha coccinea
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