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St John's Church

📷 Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

53.77049, -1.73244

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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
🛝Playground 232m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ 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
🛝Playground 232m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPlayground

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Heart & Dart, Shuttle-shaped Dart +177 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Heart & Dart, Shuttle-shaped Dart +177 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Creeping Feather-moss, Pointed Spear-moss +14 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Creeping Feather-moss, Pointed Spear-moss +14 more · last seen 2026

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Swift, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +6 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swift, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +6 more · last seen 2025

Free

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

48 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

5,085 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,085 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds9 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Swift · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw +4

SwiftApus apus2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Common GullLarus canus2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

springsummerautumn

2022

Hedgehog

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐝

Insects58 species

summerautumn

2026

Large Yellow Underwing · Lesser Yellow Underwing · Svensson's Copper Underwing · Old Lady · Common Rustic agg. +53

Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019
Svensson's Copper UnderwingAmphipyra berbera2019
Old LadyMormo maura2019
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2019
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019
Straw DotRivula sericealis2019
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2019
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019
Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2019
Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2019
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019
SallowCirrhia icteritia2019
Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2019
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2021
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019
BrickSunira circellaris2019
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019
Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2019
Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis2019
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2019
Dun-barCosmia trapezina2019
Yellow Mealworm BeetleTenebrio molitor
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
Lathbury's Nomad BeeNomada lathburiana2020
Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2019
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019
Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019
Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2019
Dark ChestnutConistra ligula2019
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019
True Lover's KnotLycophotia porphyrea2019
Silver YAutographa gamma2019
Autumnal RusticEugnorisma glareosa2019
Heath RusticXestia agathina2019
Gold SpotPlusia festucae2019
Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica2019
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2019
Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius2019
Antler MothCerapteryx graminis2019
Uncertain/RusticHoplodrina octogenaria/blanda2019
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2019
Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata2019
Brown-line Bright-eyeMythimna conigera2019
Shoulder-striped WainscotLeucania comma2019
Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2019

🌿

Plants16 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Creeping Feather-moss · Pointed Spear-moss · Common Feather-moss · Common Smoothcap · Black Nightshade +11

Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023
Greater Quaking-grassBriza maxima2022
DaisyBellis perennis2021
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2020
ElderSambucus nigra2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,085 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds9 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Swift · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw +4

SwiftApus apus2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Common GullLarus canus2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

springsummerautumn

2022

Hedgehog

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐝

Insects58 species

summerautumn

2026

Large Yellow Underwing · Lesser Yellow Underwing · Svensson's Copper Underwing · Old Lady · Common Rustic agg. +53

Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019
Svensson's Copper UnderwingAmphipyra berbera2019
Old LadyMormo maura2019
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2019
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019
Straw DotRivula sericealis2019
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2019
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019
Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2019
Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2019
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019
SallowCirrhia icteritia2019
Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2019
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2021
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019
BrickSunira circellaris2019
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019
Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2019
Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis2019
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2019
Dun-barCosmia trapezina2019
Yellow Mealworm BeetleTenebrio molitor
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
Lathbury's Nomad BeeNomada lathburiana2020
Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2019
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019
Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019
Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2019
Dark ChestnutConistra ligula2019
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019
True Lover's KnotLycophotia porphyrea2019
Silver YAutographa gamma2019
Autumnal RusticEugnorisma glareosa2019
Heath RusticXestia agathina2019
Gold SpotPlusia festucae2019
Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica2019
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2019
Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius2019
Antler MothCerapteryx graminis2019
Uncertain/RusticHoplodrina octogenaria/blanda2019
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2019
Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata2019
Brown-line Bright-eyeMythimna conigera2019
Shoulder-striped WainscotLeucania comma2019
Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2019

🌿

Plants16 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Creeping Feather-moss · Pointed Spear-moss · Common Feather-moss · Common Smoothcap · Black Nightshade +11

Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023
Greater Quaking-grassBriza maxima2022
DaisyBellis perennis2021
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2020
ElderSambucus nigra2020

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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