Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
53.99783, -1.50073
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Karen's Bistro — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Karen's Bistro — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Magpie +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Magpie +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Coprinopsis romagnesiana, Bleeding Broadleaf Crust, Deer Shield +72 more · last seen 2025
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Nidderdale WayWalking route85 km▾
Named routeLength 85 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Harrogate RingwayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Knaresborough RoundWalking route32 km▾
Named routeLength 32 kmLocal walking route
Dales Way - Harrogate Link PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Harrogate and Knaresborough Heritage TrailWalking route▾
35 km trail passing many historic buildings and sites. Not waymarked. Easy walking.
Named routeLocal walking route
79 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Route 636Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 636National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route179 m▾
Named routeRef 67Length 179 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route555 m▾
Named routeRef 636Length 555 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 636Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The KestrelMountain bike route▾
Photos
Prospect Park, Starbeck, Harrogate
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
27,893 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
27,893 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +45
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Frog · Common Toad · Common Frog
- FrogRana
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Harlequin Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Birch Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus +4
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis
Coprinopsis romagnesiana
- Coprinopsis romagnesianaCoprinopsis romagnesiana
🌿Plants4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Great Scented Liverwort · Wood Melick · Fox-tail Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss
- Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
- Wood MelickMelica uniflora
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,893 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +45
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Frog · Common Toad · Common Frog
- FrogRana
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Harlequin Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Birch Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus +4
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis
Coprinopsis romagnesiana
- Coprinopsis romagnesianaCoprinopsis romagnesiana
🌿Plants4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Great Scented Liverwort · Wood Melick · Fox-tail Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss
- Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
- Wood MelickMelica uniflora
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum2025Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum2025ScaevaScaeva2025ScaevaScaeva2025Common Green SawflyTenthredo mesomela2025Common Green SawflyTenthredo mesomela2025Events & activities nearby
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