St Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.52742, -1.63369
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Canada Goose
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Julies Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Canada Goose
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Julies Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝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 — Carrion Crow, Canada Goose, Mallard +82 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Canada Goose, Mallard +82 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syrphus, Harlequin Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +28 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Silkstone Common to Wombwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Barnsley Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Stockport to Silkstone Common)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Penistone Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Stottercliffe Roadpublic footpath · 301 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 301 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway
Stottercliffe Roadpublic footpath · 135 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 135 mSurface gravelPath type: track
41 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 627Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 627National Cycle Network
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Sheffield Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Sheffield Local Cycle Network
Named routeLocal cycle route
Trans Pennine Trail (Penistone - Kirkburton)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 627National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine Trail (Penistone - Kirkburton)Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
13 public paths nearby
Public paths
Boggard Lanebridleway · 219 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 219 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway
Water Hall Lanebridleway · 273 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 273 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway
Boggard Lanebridleway · 32 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 32 mSurface asphaltPath type: track
Water Hall Lanebridleway · 24 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 24 mSurface concretePath type: residential
Stottercliffe Roadbridleway · 24 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 24 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Photos
Penistone from the Trans Pennine Trail
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
24,172 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,172 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Mallard · Canada Goose +50
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Falco subbuteo subbuteoFalco subbuteo subbuteo
- CootFulica atra
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Feral Cat · Grey Squirrel
- Feral CatFelis catus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects23 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Syrphus · Green Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Syritta pipiens · Leucozona glaucia +18
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,172 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Mallard · Canada Goose +50
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Falco subbuteo subbuteoFalco subbuteo subbuteo
- CootFulica atra
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Feral Cat · Grey Squirrel
- Feral CatFelis catus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects23 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Syrphus · Green Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Syritta pipiens · Leucozona glaucia +18
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Marmalade Hoverfly
Marmalade Hoverfly
Episyrphus balteatus
Episyrphus balteatus
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumariusCuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumariusMesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridianaPhaonia angelicaePhaonia angelicaePhaonia angelicaePhaonia angelicaeMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareVine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatusVine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatusHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaVolucella inanisVolucella inanisVolucella inanisVolucella inanisPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerSitona obsoletusSitona obsoletusSitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisMelangyna umbellatarumMelangyna umbellatarumMelangyna umbellatarumMelangyna umbellatarumEvents & activities nearby
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