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St Gregory the Great Church

📷 Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

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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
☕Little Mama's cafe — 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
☕Little Mama's cafe — 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

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +74 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +74 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Good match

café

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Western Honey Bee, Marmalade Hoverfly, Emperor Dragonfly +10 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Western Honey Bee, Marmalade Hoverfly, Emperor Dragonfly +10 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds)Walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)

Named routeRegional walking route

Leeds Country WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

The Fly LineWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

83 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

Route 677Cycling route

Named routeRef 677National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

17,961 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

17,961 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds45 species

winter

2026

Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Robin +40

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

17,961 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds45 species

winter

2026

Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Robin +40

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

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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