Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
53.59571, -1.31083
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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 Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Sticky Bun Play Cafe — 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 Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Sticky Bun Play Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +81 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +81 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Orange-tip +35 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Barnsley Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wakefield WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Lower Northfield Lanepublic footpath · 247 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 247 mPath type: footway
Lower Northfield Lanepublic footpath · 122 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 122 mPath type: track
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Photos
Bowling Green - Park - Barnsley Road
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,530 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,530 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie +48
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common GullLarus canus
- CootFulica atra
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Box Bug · Cicadella viridis · Azure Damselfly +4
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Perennial Cornflower
- Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,530 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie +48
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common GullLarus canus
- CootFulica atra
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Box Bug · Cicadella viridis · Azure Damselfly +4
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Perennial Cornflower
- Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Broad-bodied Chaser
Broad-bodied Chaser
Libellula depressa
Libellula depressa
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024Events & activities nearby
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