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Rathmell Plantation

📷 Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

53.79273, -1.47637

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 380m away — 6 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 380m away — 6 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Wigeon, Little Ringed Plover, Shoveler +79 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Wigeon, Little Ringed Plover, Shoveler +79 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Early Bumblebee +18 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Early Bumblebee +18 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Picnic day out

Good match

Urban park — open green space

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds)Walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)

Named routeRegional walking route

Hillside HikeWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Reedbed RambleWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Leeds Country WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Airedale WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

139 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 66Cycling route

Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network

Garforth to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef G-CCLocal cycle route

Swarcliffe Health TrailCycling route

Named routeRef SHTRound tripLocal cycle route

Wyke Beck WayCycling route

Named routeRef RP-TNLocal cycle route

Middleton to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef M-CCLocal cycle route

Alwoodley to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef A-CCLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

9,620 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,620 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

winterautumn

2026

Wigeon · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Goldfinch · Magpie +36

WigeonMareca penelope2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
CootFulica atra2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Turdus merula merulaTurdus merula merula2025
Gallinula chloropus chloropusGallinula chloropus chloropus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
QuailCoturnix coturnix2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025

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Mammals3 species

summerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects5 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Early Bumblebee · Small Elm Bark Beetle · Parent Bug · Rhododendron Leafhopper · Syrphus

Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Small Elm Bark BeetleScolytus multistriatus
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,620 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

winterautumn

2026

Wigeon · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Goldfinch · Magpie +36

WigeonMareca penelope2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
CootFulica atra2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Turdus merula merulaTurdus merula merula2025
Gallinula chloropus chloropusGallinula chloropus chloropus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
QuailCoturnix coturnix2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

summerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects5 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Early Bumblebee · Small Elm Bark Beetle · Parent Bug · Rhododendron Leafhopper · Syrphus

Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Small Elm Bark BeetleScolytus multistriatus
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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