Earswick Community Garden
9 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
54.00903, -1.05908
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — 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, Blackbird, Robin +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Green Dock Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird +82 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Common Feather-moss, Pointed Spear-moss +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 39 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route134 km▾
Named routeLength 134 kmRegional walking route
Ebor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Foss WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Millennium WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Jorvic WayWalking route104 km▾
Named routeLength 104 kmRegional walking route
Stablers Walkpublic footpath · 165 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 165 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Landing Lanepublic footpath · 332 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 332 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Landing Lanepublic footpath · 96 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 96 mSurface concretePath type: service
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
NCN National Route 658Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 658National Cycle Network
Orbital RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef OrbitalRound tripLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route214 m▾
Named routeRef 658Length 214 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
64,068 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
64,068 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Carrion Crow · Dunnock +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Rabbit · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · American Mink
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- American MinkNeovison vison
🐸Amphibians3 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- FrogRana
7-spot Ladybird · Banded Demoiselle · Adonis' Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Alder Leaf Beetle +34
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
- Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Springy Turf-moss · Common Feather-moss · Common Ragwort · Green Alkanet · Greater Celandine +61
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
- Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2025
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
64,068 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Carrion Crow · Dunnock +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Rabbit · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · American Mink
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- American MinkNeovison vison
🐸Amphibians3 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- FrogRana
7-spot Ladybird · Banded Demoiselle · Adonis' Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Alder Leaf Beetle +34
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
- Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Springy Turf-moss · Common Feather-moss · Common Ragwort · Green Alkanet · Greater Celandine +61
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
- Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2025
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Testaceous SawyerPristiphora testacea2025Testaceous SawyerPristiphora testacea2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Shore Sexton BeetleNecrodes littoralis2025Shore Sexton BeetleNecrodes littoralis2025Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2025Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2025Larder BeetleDermestes lardarius2025Larder BeetleDermestes lardarius2025Anoecia (Anoecia) corniAnoecia (Anoecia) corni2025Anoecia (Anoecia) corniAnoecia (Anoecia) corni2025Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2025Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025Dolichovespula mediaDolichovespula media2025Dolichovespula mediaDolichovespula media2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Notch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialis2025Notch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialis2025Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2025Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2025Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2025Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae2025Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae2025Bay SuckerTrioza alacris2025Bay SuckerTrioza alacris2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025PegomyaPegomya2025PegomyaPegomya2025AphidAphididae2025AphidAphididae2025Phylus (Phylus) melanocephalusPhylus (Phylus) melanocephalus2025Phylus (Phylus) melanocephalusPhylus (Phylus) melanocephalus2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2025Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2025HornetVespa crabro2025HornetVespa crabro20252025
2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinisWood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinisRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumRaspberryRubus idaeus2025RaspberryRubus idaeus2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025WillowherbEpilobium2025WillowherbEpilobium2025CypressCupressaceae2025CypressCupressaceae2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025SpurgeEuphorbia2025SpurgeEuphorbia2025Forget-Me-NotMyosotis2025Forget-Me-NotMyosotis2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2025Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2025PlantainPlantago2025PlantainPlantago2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025RoseRosa2025RoseRosa2025Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Crane's-BillGeranium2025Crane's-BillGeranium2025BugleAjuga reptans2025BugleAjuga reptans2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Biting StonecropSedum acre2025Biting StonecropSedum acre2025BorageBorago officinalis2025BorageBorago officinalis2025Downy BirchBetula pubescens2025Downy BirchBetula pubescens2025St. John's-WortHypericum2025St. John's-WortHypericum2025DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus2025DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025YewTaxus baccata2025YewTaxus baccata2025VincaVinca2025VincaVinca2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025ButtercupRanunculus2025ButtercupRanunculus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025DockRumex2025DockRumex2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025BindweedCalystegia2025BindweedCalystegia2025Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2025Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025LindenTilia2025LindenTilia2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025VioletViola2025VioletViola2025CedarCedrus2025CedarCedrus2025Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025Events & activities nearby
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