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St Benedict's Roman Catholic Church

📷 Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

53.79635, -1.38477

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕St. Benedicts Parish Centre Luncheon Club — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕St. Benedicts Parish Centre Luncheon Club — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, House Sparrow +26 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, House Sparrow +26 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Good match

café

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Route 66

Varies

Hiking

Moderate match

Named hiking route nearby: Leeds Country Way

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds)Walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)

Named routeRegional walking route

Hillside HikeWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Reedbed RambleWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Lowther LoopWalking route

Named route

Leeds Country WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

61 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 66Cycling route

Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network

Garforth to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef G-CCLocal cycle route

Swarcliffe Health TrailCycling route

Named routeRef SHTRound tripLocal cycle route

Wyke Beck WayCycling route

Named routeRef RP-TNLocal cycle route

NCN National Route 697Cycling route

Named routeRef 697National Cycle Network

Cycle Superhighway 2Cycling route

Named routeRef CS2Regional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

71,892 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

71,892 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds23 species

winter

2026

Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Rock Dove · House Sparrow +18

MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Little OwlAthene noctua
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

71,892 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds23 species

winter

2026

Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Rock Dove · House Sparrow +18

MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Little OwlAthene noctua
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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