Reading Room Lane Allotments
Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
53.48961, -1.53667
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Countess Tea Rooms — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Countess Tea Rooms — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets🐄Farm visit
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Allotments
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Mallard, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Great Wood-rush, Southern Marsh-orchid +168 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Sheffield Country WalkWalking route85 km▾
Named routeLength 85 kmRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Silkstone Common to Wombwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Stockport to Silkstone Common)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Penistone Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Old Salt RoadWalking route▾
Howbrook Lanepublic footpath · 604 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 604 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Liberty Lanepublic footpath · 149 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 149 mSurface gravelPath type: track
60 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 627Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 627National Cycle Network
Blackburn Valley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Sheffield Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Sheffield Local Cycle Network
Named routeLocal cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route31 m▾
Named routeRef 62Length 31 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
4,451 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,451 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Wren · Blackbird · Mallard · Chaffinch +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Red-legged Shieldbug · Batman Hoverfly · Swollen-thighed Beetle
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
🌿Plants17 species
springsummer
2025▾
Yellow Pimpernel · Ploughman's-spikenard · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Southern Marsh-orchid · Crab Apple +12
- Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
- Ploughman's-spikenardInula conyzae
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
- Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa
- Crab AppleMalus sylvestris
- GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,451 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Wren · Blackbird · Mallard · Chaffinch +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Red-legged Shieldbug · Batman Hoverfly · Swollen-thighed Beetle
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
🌿Plants17 species
springsummer
2025▾
Yellow Pimpernel · Ploughman's-spikenard · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Southern Marsh-orchid · Crab Apple +12
- Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
- Ploughman's-spikenardInula conyzae
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
- Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa
- Crab AppleMalus sylvestris
- GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
