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St John's Church

📷 Stephen Armstrong · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 219m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 219m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

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, Rock Dove, Carrion Crow +42 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Rock Dove, Carrion Crow +42 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bluebell, Japanese Knotweed, Ribwort Plantain +24 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Bluebell, Japanese Knotweed, Ribwort Plantain +24 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Lily Beetle, Common Blue, Harlequin Ladybird +22 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Lily Beetle, Common Blue, Harlequin Ladybird +22 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Sweet Chestnut, Rowan, Beech +2 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Bronte WayWalking route71 km

Named routeLength 71 kmRegional walking route

Calverley Millenium WayWalking route

Boundary walk around Calverley

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

53 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 66Cycling route

Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network

Cycle Superhighway 1Cycling route

Named routeRef CS1Regional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route73 m

Named routeRef 66Length 73 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route1.5 km

Named routeLength 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route9 m

Named routeRef 66Length 9 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route188 m

Named routeRef 66Length 188 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface pavementslabs

Wildlife to spot

721 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

721 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds29 species

wintersummer

2025

Carrion Crow · Swift · Magpie · Rock Dove · Woodpigeon +24

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
SwiftApus apus2023
MagpiePica pica
Rock DoveColumba livia
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
JackdawColoeus monedula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Common GullLarus canus2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
RedwingTurdus iliacus2017
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2020
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2017
Mute SwanCygnus olor2015
JayGarrulus glandarius2015
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2015

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerautumn

2022

Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · American Mink

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2017
American MinkNeovison vison

🐝

Insects19 species

summer

2025

Lily Beetle · Hairy Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Rosemary Beetle · Alder Leaf Beetle +14

Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2019
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2017
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2023
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2021
Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2020
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2019
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2019
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2019
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2017

🌿

Plants27 species

springsummer

2026

Bluebell · Japanese Knotweed · Ribwort Plantain · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Black Nightshade +22

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2017
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025
DittanderLepidium latifolium2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023
Greater PlantainPlantago major2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023
HyacinthHyacinthus orientalis2023
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2023
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
BeechFagus sylvatica2021
DaisyBellis perennis2021
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2020
ElderSambucus nigra2020
IvyHedera helix2020
Spanish BluebellHyacinthoides hispanica2017
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2016
White Dead-nettleLamium album2016
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2016

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

721 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds29 species

wintersummer

2025

Carrion Crow · Swift · Magpie · Rock Dove · Woodpigeon +24

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
SwiftApus apus2023
MagpiePica pica
Rock DoveColumba livia
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
JackdawColoeus monedula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Common GullLarus canus2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
RedwingTurdus iliacus2017
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2020
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2017
Mute SwanCygnus olor2015
JayGarrulus glandarius2015
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2015

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerautumn

2022

Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · American Mink

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2017
American MinkNeovison vison

🐝

Insects19 species

summer

2025

Lily Beetle · Hairy Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Rosemary Beetle · Alder Leaf Beetle +14

Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2019
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2017
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2023
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2021
Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2020
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2019
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2019
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2019
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2017

🌿

Plants27 species

springsummer

2026

Bluebell · Japanese Knotweed · Ribwort Plantain · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Black Nightshade +22

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2017
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025
DittanderLepidium latifolium2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023
Greater PlantainPlantago major2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023
HyacinthHyacinthus orientalis2023
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2023
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
BeechFagus sylvatica2021
DaisyBellis perennis2021
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2020
ElderSambucus nigra2020
IvyHedera helix2020
Spanish BluebellHyacinthoides hispanica2017
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2016
White Dead-nettleLamium album2016
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2016

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Stephen Armstrong · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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