Langold Country Park
81 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome81 ha
Getting here
53.36966, -1.13819
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +75 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +75 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Marmalade Hoverfly, Eupeodes +14 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cuckoo WayWalking route▾
Doorstep WalkWalking route▾
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 674Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 674National Cycle Network
Rotherham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route534 m▾
Named routeRef 674Length 534 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route494 m▾
Named routeRef 674Length 494 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route247 m▾
Named routeRef 674Length 247 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 674Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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The Lake at Langold Country Park
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Wildlife to spot
13,039 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,039 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Canada Goose · Tufted Duck · Great Crested Grebe · Moorhen +38
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumn
2024▾
Rabbit · Water Shrew · Hedgehog
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Pipizella · Eupeodes · Eristalis pertinax +12
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- PipizellaPipizella
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
- SyrphusSyrphus
Bee Orchid · Meadow Crane's-bill · Black-bindweed · White Bryony · Marsh-marigold +7
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2024
- Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus
- White BryonyBryonia dioica
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- MonkeyflowerErythranthe guttata2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,039 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Canada Goose · Tufted Duck · Great Crested Grebe · Moorhen +38
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumn
2024▾
Rabbit · Water Shrew · Hedgehog
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Pipizella · Eupeodes · Eristalis pertinax +12
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- PipizellaPipizella
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
- SyrphusSyrphus
Bee Orchid · Meadow Crane's-bill · Black-bindweed · White Bryony · Marsh-marigold +7
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2024
- Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus
- White BryonyBryonia dioica
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- MonkeyflowerErythranthe guttata2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meadowsweet
Meadowsweet
Filipendula ulmaria2024
Filipendula ulmaria2024
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2024Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2024Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2023Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2023FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2023Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2023Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2023Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2023