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Sandhill Park

2 ha

📷 Alex McGregor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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53.47213, -1.32216

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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
🛝Playground 206m 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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🛝Playground 206m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +76 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +76 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Azure Damselfly, Common Darter, Blue-tailed Damselfly +59 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Azure Damselfly, Common Darter, Blue-tailed Damselfly +59 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Giant Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam +33 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Giant Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam +33 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Barnsley Boundary WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Selby)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Old Salt RoadWalking route

Named route

The Heron WayWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

50 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 67Cycling route

Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Rotherham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route414 m

Named routeRef 62Length 414 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route61 m

Named routeRef 6Length 61 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks

Wildlife to spot

11,938 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,938 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds81 species

winterspring

2026

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Starling · Blue Tit +76

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
CootFulica atra2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
SwiftApus apus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Common GullLarus canus2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
GadwallMareca strepera2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummer

2026

Rabbit · Pipistrelle Bat species · American Mink · Mole · Harvest Mouse +1

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2023
American MinkNeovison vison2024
MoleTalpa europaea2023
Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023

🦎

Reptiles2 species

springsummer

2023

Common Lizard · Grass Snake

Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐝

Insects62 species

summer

2026

Azure Damselfly · Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Banded Demoiselle +57

Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2023
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Small WhitePieris rapae2025
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
TenthredopsisTenthredopsis2025
Zyginella pulchraZyginella pulchra2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Leptura quadrifasciataLeptura quadrifasciata2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Large WhitePieris brassicae2025
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2025
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2025
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Lime AphidEucallipterus tiliae2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
PeacockAglais io2025
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2025
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2025
CommaPolygonia c-album2025
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2024
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2023
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2023
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2023
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2023
PegomyaPegomya2023
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023

🌿

Plants36 species

autumn

2026

Japanese Knotweed · Giant Hogweed · Himalayan Balsam · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Common Ragwort +31

Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2023
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2025
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2025
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2025
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2025
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
CowslipPrimula veris2025
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2025
Common FiddleneckAmsinckia micrantha2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2023
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2023
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2023
White Dead-nettleLamium album2023
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,938 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds81 species

winterspring

2026

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Starling · Blue Tit +76

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
CootFulica atra2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
SwiftApus apus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Common GullLarus canus2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
GadwallMareca strepera2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummer

2026

Rabbit · Pipistrelle Bat species · American Mink · Mole · Harvest Mouse +1

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2023
American MinkNeovison vison2024
MoleTalpa europaea2023
Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023

🦎

Reptiles2 species

springsummer

2023

Common Lizard · Grass Snake

Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐝

Insects62 species

summer

2026

Azure Damselfly · Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Banded Demoiselle +57

Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2023
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Small WhitePieris rapae2025
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
TenthredopsisTenthredopsis2025
Zyginella pulchraZyginella pulchra2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Leptura quadrifasciataLeptura quadrifasciata2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Large WhitePieris brassicae2025
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2025
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2025
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Lime AphidEucallipterus tiliae2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
PeacockAglais io2025
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2025
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2025
CommaPolygonia c-album2025
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2024
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2023
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2023
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2023
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2023
PegomyaPegomya2023
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023

🌿

Plants36 species

autumn

2026

Japanese Knotweed · Giant Hogweed · Himalayan Balsam · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Common Ragwort +31

Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2023
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2025
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2025
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2025
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2025
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
CowslipPrimula veris2025
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2025
Common FiddleneckAmsinckia micrantha2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2023
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2023
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2023
White Dead-nettleLamium album2023
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Alex McGregor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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