Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.78094, -1.06911
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Lola's Garden — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Lola's Garden — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Goldfinch +81 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Goldfinch +81 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Western Honey Bee, Hairy Dragonfly, Green Shieldbug +27 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Selby)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Selby to Hull)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Selby to York)Walking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Selby to York spur)
Named routeRegional walking route
Camino Ingles to SantiagoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Selby HorseshoeWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
52 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TPTNational Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.4 km▾
Named routeRef 65Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route144 m▾
Named routeRef 62Length 144 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route15 m▾
Named routeRef 62Length 15 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
8,162 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,162 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Goldfinch · Robin +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
🦌Mammals6 species
springautumn
2025▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Cricetidae · Hedgehog +1
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
- CricetidaeCricetidae
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects24 species
springsummer
2025▾
Western Honey Bee · Hairy Dragonfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Rhododendron Leafhopper · 14-spot Ladybird +19
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Hemlock Water-dropwort · Springy Turf-moss
- Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,162 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Goldfinch · Robin +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
🦌Mammals6 species
springautumn
2025▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Cricetidae · Hedgehog +1
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
- CricetidaeCricetidae
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects24 species
springsummer
2025▾
Western Honey Bee · Hairy Dragonfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Rhododendron Leafhopper · 14-spot Ladybird +19
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Hemlock Water-dropwort · Springy Turf-moss
- Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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