Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome57 ha
Getting here
53.80856, -1.74386
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Peel Park Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Peel Park Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Peregrine, Mallard, Moorhen +51 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Peregrine, Mallard, Moorhen +51 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Shieldbug, Harlequin Ladybird, Lily Beetle +21 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Butterfly-bush, Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Knotweed +27 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bronte WayWalking route71 km▾
Named routeLength 71 kmRegional walking route
Bradford Millennium WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Calverley Millenium WayWalking route▾
Boundary walk around Calverley
Named routeLocal walking route
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Airedale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
73 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Cycle Superhighway 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef CS1Regional cycle route
Airedale Greenway (Shipley)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 696Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 696National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeLength 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route9 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 9 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Exercising in Peel Park Bradford
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
6,285 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,285 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Peregrine · Coot · Moorhen · Canada Goose · Mallard +25
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwiftApus apus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- RavenCorvus corax
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Sphaerophoria scripta · Trioza centranthi · Otiorhynchus armadillo · Green Shieldbug · Stable Fly +3
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Otiorhynchus armadilloOtiorhynchus armadillo2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Stable FlyStomoxys calcitrans2025
Crescent-cup Liverwort · Wall Screw-moss · Thickpoint Grimmia · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Intermediate Screw-moss +1
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana
- DittanderLepidium latifolium2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,285 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Peregrine · Coot · Moorhen · Canada Goose · Mallard +25
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwiftApus apus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- RavenCorvus corax
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Sphaerophoria scripta · Trioza centranthi · Otiorhynchus armadillo · Green Shieldbug · Stable Fly +3
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Otiorhynchus armadilloOtiorhynchus armadillo2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Stable FlyStomoxys calcitrans2025
Crescent-cup Liverwort · Wall Screw-moss · Thickpoint Grimmia · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Intermediate Screw-moss +1
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana
- DittanderLepidium latifolium2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sphaerophoria
Sphaerophoria
Sphaerophoria2025
Sphaerophoria2025
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Events & activities nearby
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