Plan your visit
🛝Family🧺Picnic🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome35 ha
Getting here
53.72908, -1.83796
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — 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; Urban park — family destination
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +68 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +68 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syrphus, Black-horned Gem, Marmalade Hoverfly +16 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Calderdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Brighouse Boundary WalkWalking route29 km▾
Named routeLength 29 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Hebble TrailWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Bronte WayWalking route71 km▾
Named routeLength 71 kmRegional walking route
59 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.4 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route60 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 60 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route625 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 625 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Break Neckbridleway · 274 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 274 mPath type: unclassified
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Wildlife to spot
10,232 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,232 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springautumn
2025▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Starling +39
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common GullLarus canus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SwiftApus apus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Common Pine Combhorn · Syrphus · Malthodes · Malachite Beetle
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common Pine CombhornDiprion pini
- SyrphusSyrphus
- MalthodesMalthodes
- Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus
🌿Plants29 species
winterspring
2026▾
Heath Plait-moss · Bristly Haircap · Neat Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Common Smoothcap +24
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
- Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,232 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springautumn
2025▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Starling +39
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common GullLarus canus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SwiftApus apus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Common Pine Combhorn · Syrphus · Malthodes · Malachite Beetle
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common Pine CombhornDiprion pini
- SyrphusSyrphus
- MalthodesMalthodes
- Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus
🌿Plants29 species
winterspring
2026▾
Heath Plait-moss · Bristly Haircap · Neat Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Common Smoothcap +24
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
- Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas