Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.56792, -1.02599
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Tit, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +43 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Great Tit, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +43 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Green-veined White, Small Tortoiseshell +146 more · last seen 2023
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Selby)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Isle of Axholme GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route3.9 km▾
Named routeRef 62Length 3.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route63 m▾
Named routeRef 62Length 63 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route293 m▾
Named routeRef 62Length 293 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.9 km▾
Named routeRef 62Length 3.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,315 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,315 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springautumn
2025▾
Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Magpie +31
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2021
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2020
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2020
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Mole
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MoleTalpa europaea2020
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians3 species
summerautumn
2020▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Common Darter · Lily Beetle · Migrant Hawker · 7-spot Ladybird · Rosemary Beetle +5
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2020
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2020
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Hawthorn · Ash · Beech · Rosebay Willowherb · Sessile Oak +33
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- Sessile OakQuercus petraea
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Field MapleAcer campestre
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,315 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springautumn
2025▾
Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Magpie +31
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2021
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2020
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2020
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Mole
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MoleTalpa europaea2020
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians3 species
summerautumn
2020▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Common Darter · Lily Beetle · Migrant Hawker · 7-spot Ladybird · Rosemary Beetle +5
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2020
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2020
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Hawthorn · Ash · Beech · Rosebay Willowherb · Sessile Oak +33
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- Sessile OakQuercus petraea
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Field MapleAcer campestre
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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