Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome113 ha
Getting here
53.77120, -1.32085
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- 🐕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
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- 🐕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 — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird +68 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird +68 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Marbled White, Frankliniella tenuicornis +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Dyer's Greenweed, Autumn Lady's-tresses, Autumn Gentian +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wakefield WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Hillside HikeWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Reedbed RambleWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Lowther LoopWalking route▾
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Castleford Wakefield GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 69Local cycle route
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Garforth to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef G-CCLocal cycle route
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 697Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 697National Cycle Network
Castleford GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
6,737 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,737 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Chiffchaff · Swallow +26
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Mole · Rabbit
- MoleTalpa europaea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hornet · Glow-worm · Abax parallelepipedus · 14-spot Ladybird · Volucella pellucens +11
- HornetVespa crabro
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
- Swollen-thighed Beetle
Dyer's Greenweed · Autumn Gentian · Autumn Lady's-tresses · Common Centaury · Abietinella abietina +55
- Dyer's GreenweedGenista tinctoria
- Autumn GentianGentianella amarella
- Autumn Lady's-tressesSpiranthes spiralis
- Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
- Abietinella abietinaAbietinella abietina
- Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
- Yellow-wort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,737 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Chiffchaff · Swallow +26
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Mole · Rabbit
- MoleTalpa europaea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hornet · Glow-worm · Abax parallelepipedus · 14-spot Ladybird · Volucella pellucens +11
- HornetVespa crabro
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
- Swollen-thighed Beetle
Dyer's Greenweed · Autumn Gentian · Autumn Lady's-tresses · Common Centaury · Abietinella abietina +55
- Dyer's GreenweedGenista tinctoria
- Autumn GentianGentianella amarella
- Autumn Lady's-tressesSpiranthes spiralis
- Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
- Abietinella abietinaAbietinella abietina
- Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
- Yellow-wort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Oedemera nobilis2024
Oedemera nobilis2024
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2024Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024Black Carrion BeetlePhosphuga atrata2023Black Carrion BeetlePhosphuga atrata2023Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2023Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2023Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2023Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2023Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023Blackstonia perfoliata
Blackstonia perfoliata
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2024AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2024Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumEndive PelliaPellia endiviifoliaEndive PelliaPellia endiviifoliaCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaCommon Pocket-mossFissidens taxifoliusCommon Pocket-mossFissidens taxifoliusBurnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifragaBurnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifragaDevil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensisDevil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensisSmall ScabiousScabiosa columbaria2024Small ScabiousScabiosa columbaria2024Quaking-grassBriza media2024Quaking-grassBriza media2024Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2024Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024CowslipPrimula veris2024CowslipPrimula veris2024Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium2024Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2024Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2024Black BryonyTamus communis2024Black BryonyTamus communis2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2024Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2024Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2024PignutConopodium majus2024PignutConopodium majus2024TimothyPhleum pratense2024TimothyPhleum pratense2024Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2024Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2024Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2024Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2024Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024Tor-grassBrachypodium rupestre2024Tor-grassBrachypodium rupestre2024Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024Hoary PlantainPlantago media2024Hoary PlantainPlantago media2024Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024EyebrightEuphrasia2024EyebrightEuphrasia2024MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2024HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2024Common RestharrowOnonis repens2024Common RestharrowOnonis repens2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024BetonyBetonica officinalis2024BetonyBetonica officinalis2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Rough Hawk's-beardCrepis biennis2024Rough Hawk's-beardCrepis biennis2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2024Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2024Events & activities nearby
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