Park Wood
✦ Ancient woodland8 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
53.61323, -1.78992
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wigeon, Woodpigeon, Magpie +59 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wigeon, Woodpigeon, Magpie +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Common Sorrel, Bramble +13 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Red Clover, Wood Horsetail, Cow Parsley +86 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Ringlet +20 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Ringlet +20 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 61 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Hey Green Circular TrailWalking route▾
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 6Walking route13.7 km▾
Named routeLength 13.7 kmRegional walking route
Riverside WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Holme Valley Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
38 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Birkby Bradley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Trans Pennine Trail (Penistone - Kirkburton)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 627National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route299 m▾
Named routeRef 69Length 299 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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A616 Woodhead Road at Park Wood
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Wildlife to spot
13,439 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,439 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Mallard · Robin · Magpie +36
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- PochardAythya ferina
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PintailAnas acuta
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2025
🐝Insects4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Eupeodes · Green Dock Beetle
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Wall Screw-moss · Cow Parsley · Blackthorn · Broad-leaved Dock +50
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,439 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Mallard · Robin · Magpie +36
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- PochardAythya ferina
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PintailAnas acuta
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2025
🐝Insects4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Eupeodes · Green Dock Beetle
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Wall Screw-moss · Cow Parsley · Blackthorn · Broad-leaved Dock +50
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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