St Mary the Virgin (Church)
Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.59336, -1.28586
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Nick & Lisa's Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Nick & Lisa's Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +77 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +77 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue, Meadow Brown, Small White +41 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Barnsley Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wakefield WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
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St Mary the Virgin Church Hall - Doncaster Road
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,461 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,461 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Mallard · Gadwall · Pied Wagtail · Black-headed Gull +41
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Common GullLarus canus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great TitParus major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Orange-tip · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Peacock · Large White +20
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- PeacockAglais io2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Japanese Knotweed
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,461 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Mallard · Gadwall · Pied Wagtail · Black-headed Gull +41
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Common GullLarus canus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great TitParus major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Orange-tip · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Peacock · Large White +20
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- PeacockAglais io2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Japanese Knotweed
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Limnephilus lunatus
Limnephilus lunatus
Limnephilus lunatus2023
Limnephilus lunatus2023
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumMystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2024Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2024Dingy SkipperErynnis tages2024Dingy SkipperErynnis tages2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatusBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatusCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCicadella viridisBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaVine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2024Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2024Oecetis ochraceaOecetis ochracea2024Oecetis ochraceaOecetis ochracea2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023Events & activities nearby
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