West Parade Burial Ground
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
53.67970, -1.49558
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ 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
- ☕Foundation — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦66+ 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
- ☕Foundation — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird, Tree Bumblebee +20 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Herb-Robert, Selfheal +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Walton 2Walking 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
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Nettle Lanepublic footpath · 177 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 177 mSurface gravelPath type: footway
Paddockpublic footpath · 165 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 165 mPath type: footway
Park Hill Walkpublic footpath · 181 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 181 mPath type: footway
65 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National 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
Main RouteCycling route185 m▾
Named routeRef 67Length 185 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route485 m▾
Named routeRef 69Length 485 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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West Parade burial ground
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
13,910 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,910 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Starling · Robin · Carrion Crow +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Batman Hoverfly · Eristalis tenax · Syrphus ribesii · 7-spot Ladybird +4
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Borage · daffodils · Cleavers · Daisy · Creeping Buttercup +39
- BorageBorago officinalis2025
- daffodilsNarcissus2025
- CleaversGalium aparine2025
- DaisyBellis perennis2025
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,910 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Starling · Robin · Carrion Crow +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Batman Hoverfly · Eristalis tenax · Syrphus ribesii · 7-spot Ladybird +4
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Borage · daffodils · Cleavers · Daisy · Creeping Buttercup +39
- BorageBorago officinalis2025
- daffodilsNarcissus2025
- CleaversGalium aparine2025
- DaisyBellis perennis2025
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Blue Shieldbug
Blue Shieldbug
Zicrona caerulea
Zicrona caerulea
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisWall Screw-mossTortula muralisWall Screw-mossTortula muralisFeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2025Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025PoppyPapaver2025PoppyPapaver2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025SpeedwellVeronica2025SpeedwellVeronica2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Bird's-Foot-TrefoilLotus2025Bird's-Foot-TrefoilLotus2025PrimrosePrimula2025PrimrosePrimula2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2025Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2025RhododendronRhododendron2025RhododendronRhododendron2025BindweedCalystegia2025BindweedCalystegia2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025ThistleCirsium2025ThistleCirsium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025HydrangeaHydrangea2025HydrangeaHydrangea2025CrocusCrocus2025CrocusCrocus2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Events & activities nearby
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