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St Hilda's Church

📷 Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

53.78792, -1.52055

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
☕Tomato Dip — 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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
☕Tomato Dip — 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· Free

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Pochard +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Pochard +60 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Syrphus +62 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Syrphus +62 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Giant Hogweed, Japanese Knotweed, Red Valerian +88 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Giant Hogweed, Japanese Knotweed, Red Valerian +88 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hawthorn, Elder, Red Dead-nettle +12 more foraging species

Varies

Family friendly

Good match

café

Free

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

Airedale WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Dales Way LinkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

123 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

Middleton to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef M-CCLocal cycle route

Alwoodley to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef A-CCLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

6,517 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,517 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

autumnwinter

2026

Wigeon · Magpie · Mallard · Moorhen · Rock Dove +35

WigeonMareca penelope2025
MagpiePica pica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CootFulica atra2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Pipistrelle Bat species

Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus

🐝

Insects6 species

summerautumn

2026

Silver Fish · Harlequin Ladybird · Scymnus interruptus · Rhinocyllus conicus · Hawthorn Shieldbug +1

Silver FishLepisma saccharinum
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Scymnus interruptusScymnus interruptus2025
Rhinocyllus conicusRhinocyllus conicus2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025

🌿

Plants27 species

autumnwinter

2025

Field Maple · Hemlock Water-dropwort · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Butterfly-bush · Purple Toadflax +22

Field MapleAcer campestre
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
FirethornPyracantha coccinea
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus
GypsywortLycopus europaeus
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
ElderSambucus nigra
Common NettleUrtica dioica
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
YarrowAchillea millefolium
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Common ChickweedStellaria media
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis
Norway MapleAcer platanoides
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
AshFraxinus excelsior

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,517 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

autumnwinter

2026

Wigeon · Magpie · Mallard · Moorhen · Rock Dove +35

WigeonMareca penelope2025
MagpiePica pica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CootFulica atra2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Pipistrelle Bat species

Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus

🐝

Insects6 species

summerautumn

2026

Silver Fish · Harlequin Ladybird · Scymnus interruptus · Rhinocyllus conicus · Hawthorn Shieldbug +1

Silver FishLepisma saccharinum
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Scymnus interruptusScymnus interruptus2025
Rhinocyllus conicusRhinocyllus conicus2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025

🌿

Plants27 species

autumnwinter

2025

Field Maple · Hemlock Water-dropwort · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Butterfly-bush · Purple Toadflax +22

Field MapleAcer campestre
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
FirethornPyracantha coccinea
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus
GypsywortLycopus europaeus
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
ElderSambucus nigra
Common NettleUrtica dioica
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
YarrowAchillea millefolium
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Common ChickweedStellaria media
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis
Norway MapleAcer platanoides
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
AshFraxinus excelsior

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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