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St John's Church

📷 Dave Pickersgill · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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53.80004, -1.54229

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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
☕Arch 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
☕Arch 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· PaidPlaygroundToilets

Best for

13 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Family friendly

Very strong match

playground, café, toilets

Free

Playgrounds

Very strong match

playground, toilets, café, parking

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Magpie +52 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Magpie +52 more · last seen 2026

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

café, toilets, car park

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Red Valerian, Hemlock Water-dropwort, Butterfly-bush +114 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Red Valerian, Hemlock Water-dropwort, Butterfly-bush +114 more · last seen 2026

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

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Cycling

136 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

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

West Park to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef W-CCLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

11,622 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,622 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

autumnwinter

2026

Magpie · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Woodpigeon · Robin +36

MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
CootFulica atra2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

spring

2026

Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Brown Rat

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025

🐝

Insects2 species

autumn

2025

Syrphus · Western Honey Bee

SyrphusSyrphus
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera

🌿

Plants14 species

winter

2026

Hemlock Water-dropwort · Wood Bristle-moss · Red Dead-nettle · Red Valerian · Maidenhair Spleenwort +9

Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2025
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,622 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

autumnwinter

2026

Magpie · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Woodpigeon · Robin +36

MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
CootFulica atra2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

spring

2026

Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Brown Rat

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025

🐝

Insects2 species

autumn

2025

Syrphus · Western Honey Bee

SyrphusSyrphus
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera

🌿

Plants14 species

winter

2026

Hemlock Water-dropwort · Wood Bristle-moss · Red Dead-nettle · Red Valerian · Maidenhair Spleenwort +9

Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2025
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Dave Pickersgill · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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