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Places › England › Yorkshire and the Humber › Kirklees Getting here
53.70402, -1.60921
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground on site — 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 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +48 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +48 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Rootlet Brittlestem, Madarch y Maes, Ivory Bonnet +15 more · last seen 2017; Fungi — Rootlet Brittlestem, Madarch y Maes, Ivory Bonnet +15 more · last seen 2017
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Copper Underwing agg., Heart & Dart +105 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Copper Underwing agg., Heart & Dart +105 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, Common Feather-moss +24 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, Common Feather-moss +24 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Kirklees Way Walking route 116 km ▾
Named route Length 116 km Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map Wakefield Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Dewsbury and District Ramblers Centenary Walk Walking route ▾
Bronte Way Walking route 71 km ▾
Named route Length 71 km Regional walking route
Show on map Leeds Country Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
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Signed route nearby
Route 66 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 66 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 69 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 69 National Cycle Network
Show on map Middleton to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref M-CC Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Network Route 699 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 699 National Cycle Network
Show on map Wakefield Wheel Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Wheel Local cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 983 m ▾
Named route Ref 66 Length 983 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map 2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Grange Road byway open to all traffic · 571 m ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 571 m Path type: track
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Wildlife to spot
7,566 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 7,566 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Robin +30
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Swift Apus apus2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix2022 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2022 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2023 Barn Owl Tyto alba2023 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2022 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2022 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2022 🦌 Mammals 5 species
winter spring summer autumn
2024 ▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2023 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2021 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2023 Brown Hare Lepus europaeus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2023 ▾
Palmate Newt
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus 🐝 Insects 11 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Alder Leaf Beetle · Common Rose Fusehorn · Red-legged Shieldbug +6
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2024 Common Rose Fusehorn Arge pagana Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2024 Common Feather-moss · Argentinian Vervain · Clustered Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Broom Fork-moss +15
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Argentinian Vervain Verbena bonariensis2025 Clustered Feather-moss Rhynchostegium confertum Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Broom Fork-moss Dicranum scoparium Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 7,566 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Robin +30
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Swift Apus apus2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix2022 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2022 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2023 Barn Owl Tyto alba2023 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2022 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2022 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2022 🦌 Mammals 5 species
winter spring summer autumn
2024 ▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2023 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2021 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2023 Brown Hare Lepus europaeus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2023 ▾
Palmate Newt
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus 🐝 Insects 11 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Alder Leaf Beetle · Common Rose Fusehorn · Red-legged Shieldbug +6
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2024 Common Rose Fusehorn Arge pagana Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2024 Common Feather-moss · Argentinian Vervain · Clustered Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Broom Fork-moss +15
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Argentinian Vervain Verbena bonariensis2025 Clustered Feather-moss Rhynchostegium confertum Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Broom Fork-moss Dicranum scoparium Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax2024
Eristalis pertinax2024
Athous haemorrhoidalis Athous haemorrhoidalis2024
Athous haemorrhoidalis Athous haemorrhoidalis2024
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2023
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2023
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2021
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2021
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2021
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2021
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus2021
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus2021 Red-stemmed Feather-moss
Red-stemmed Feather-moss
Pleurozium schreberi
Pleurozium schreberi
Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum
Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis2025
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis2025
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur2025
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur2025
Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus2025
Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus2025
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta2025
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta2025
White Dead-nettle Lamium album2024
White Dead-nettle Lamium album2024
Pellitory-of-the-wall Parietaria judaica2024
Pellitory-of-the-wall Parietaria judaica2024
Pot Marigold Calendula officinalis2023
Pot Marigold Calendula officinalis2023
Daisy Bellis perennis2023
Daisy Bellis perennis2023
Cleavers Galium aparine2023
Cleavers Galium aparine2023
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2022
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2022
Clustered Bellflower Campanula glomerata2022
Clustered Bellflower Campanula glomerata2022
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum2022
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum2022 