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Sandal Rugby Union Football Club

📷 Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

53.65072, -1.49429

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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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 249m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 249m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePlayground

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9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Coot +84 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Coot +84 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens, Turnip Tigress, Dock Bug +74 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens, Turnip Tigress, Dock Bug +74 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Playing field

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Barnsley Boundary WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Walton 2Walking route

Named route

Wakefield WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds)Walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)

Named routeRegional walking route

Dearne WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

59 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 69Cycling route

Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network

Route 67Cycling route

Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network

West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route

Wakefield WheelCycling route

Named routeRef WheelLocal cycle route

Wonders of WakefieldCycling route

Named routeRef WoWLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route485 m

Named routeRef 69Length 485 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

53,808 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

53,808 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds55 species

winter

2026

Grey Heron · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Canada Goose · Cormorant +50

Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025

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Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

53,808 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

winter

2026

Grey Heron · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Canada Goose · Cormorant +50

Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

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

Sandal RUFC Club House - off Standbridge Lane

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