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St Peter's Church

📷 Chris Sayles · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

53.64364, -1.21464

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Little Egret, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +37 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Little Egret, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +37 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Common Feather-moss, Creeping Feather-moss +239 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Common Feather-moss, Creeping Feather-moss +239 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Ground-elder, Hawkweed, Dandelion +13 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Green-veined White, Large White, Small White +20 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Green-veined White, Large White, Small White +20 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Wakefield WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

33,723 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

33,723 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds4 species

winterautumn

2026

Little Owl · Fieldfare · Barn Owl · Kestrel

Little OwlAthene noctua
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025

🐝

Insects2 species

springautumn

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Black Clock

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025

🌿

Plants101 species

autumn

2026

Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Wood Bristle-moss · Common Feather-moss · Capillary Thread-moss · Rock Pocket-moss +96

Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2025
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2025
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2025
Rock Pocket-mossFissidens dubius2025
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2025
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2025
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2025
Blunt-leaf Tufa-mossGymnostomum calcareum2025
Schreberian Earth-mossTortula acaulon var. acaulon2025
Weissia controversa var. controversaWeissia controversa var. controversa2025
Frizzled Crisp-mossTortella tortuosa2025
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2025
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2025
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2025
Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens2025
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus2025
White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2025
Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum2025
Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum2025
Curly Crisp-mossTrichostomum crispulum2025
Wall Feather-mossRhynchostegium murale2025
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2025
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2025
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2025
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2025
Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea2025
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2025
Long-beaked Thyme-mossPlagiomnium rostratum2025
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2025
Pea BryumBryum ruderale2025
Silver-mossBryum argenteum2025
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2025
Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica2025
Luisier's Tufa-mossGymnostomum viridulum2025
Common PottiaTortula truncata2025
Depressed Feather-mossTaxiphyllum wissgrillii2025
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2025
Golden Feather-mossCampylium chrysophyllum2025
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2025
Many-fruited Thyme-mossPlagiomnium affine2025
Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralisSyntrichia ruralis var. ruralis2025
Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum2025
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2025
Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor
MistletoeViscum album
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris2025
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025
Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia2025
Green Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimus2025
Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus2025
Weissia brachycarpa var. obliquaWeissia brachycarpa var. obliqua2025
Fallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallax2025
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2025
Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum2025
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2025
Showy Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium speciosum2025
Dark-green FlapwortJungermannia atrovirens2025
Microbryum davallianum var. conicumMicrobryum davallianum var. conicum2025
Twisting Thread-mossBryum torquescens2025
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2025
Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissima2025
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2025
Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoides2025
Pill BryumBryum violaceum2025
Schreber's Forklet-mossDicranella schreberiana2025
Common Extinguisher-mossEncalypta vulgaris2025
Spiral Extinguisher-mossEncalypta streptocarpa2025
Pink-fruited Thread-mossPohlia melanodon2025
Dicranella howeiDicranella howei2025
Revolute Beard-mossPseudocrossidium revolutum2025
Narrow-leaved Pocket-mossFissidens gracilifolius2025
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2025
Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum2025
Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla2025
Spreading Earth-mossPhyscomitrium patens2025
Blunt-fruited PottiaTortula caucasica2025
Tender Feather-mossRhynchostegiella tenella2025
Common Aloe-mossAloina aloides2025
Constricted Feather-mossHygroamblystegium humile2025
Perthshire Beard-mossDidymodon rigidulus2025
Stanford Screw-mossHennediella stanfordensis2025
Field MadderSherardia arvensis2025
Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum2025
Upright Screw-mossTortula subulata2025
Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum2025
BryumBryum2025
Hornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianum2025
Ploughman's-spikenardInula conyzae2025
MulleinVerbascum2025
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
HawkweedHieracium2025
DropwortFilipendula vulgaris2025
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
Horseshoe VetchHippocrepis comosa2025
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos2025
Wild LiquoriceAstragalus glycyphyllos2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

33,723 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds4 species

winterautumn

2026

Little Owl · Fieldfare · Barn Owl · Kestrel

Little OwlAthene noctua
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025

🐝

Insects2 species

springautumn

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Black Clock

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025

🌿

Plants101 species

autumn

2026

Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Wood Bristle-moss · Common Feather-moss · Capillary Thread-moss · Rock Pocket-moss +96

Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2025
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2025
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2025
Rock Pocket-mossFissidens dubius2025
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2025
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2025
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2025
Blunt-leaf Tufa-mossGymnostomum calcareum2025
Schreberian Earth-mossTortula acaulon var. acaulon2025
Weissia controversa var. controversaWeissia controversa var. controversa2025
Frizzled Crisp-mossTortella tortuosa2025
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2025
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2025
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2025
Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens2025
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus2025
White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2025
Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum2025
Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum2025
Curly Crisp-mossTrichostomum crispulum2025
Wall Feather-mossRhynchostegium murale2025
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2025
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2025
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2025
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2025
Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea2025
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2025
Long-beaked Thyme-mossPlagiomnium rostratum2025
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2025
Pea BryumBryum ruderale2025
Silver-mossBryum argenteum2025
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2025
Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica2025
Luisier's Tufa-mossGymnostomum viridulum2025
Common PottiaTortula truncata2025
Depressed Feather-mossTaxiphyllum wissgrillii2025
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2025
Golden Feather-mossCampylium chrysophyllum2025
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2025
Many-fruited Thyme-mossPlagiomnium affine2025
Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralisSyntrichia ruralis var. ruralis2025
Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum2025
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2025
Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor
MistletoeViscum album
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris2025
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025
Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia2025
Green Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimus2025
Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus2025
Weissia brachycarpa var. obliquaWeissia brachycarpa var. obliqua2025
Fallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallax2025
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2025
Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum2025
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2025
Showy Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium speciosum2025
Dark-green FlapwortJungermannia atrovirens2025
Microbryum davallianum var. conicumMicrobryum davallianum var. conicum2025
Twisting Thread-mossBryum torquescens2025
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2025
Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissima2025
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2025
Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoides2025
Pill BryumBryum violaceum2025
Schreber's Forklet-mossDicranella schreberiana2025
Common Extinguisher-mossEncalypta vulgaris2025
Spiral Extinguisher-mossEncalypta streptocarpa2025
Pink-fruited Thread-mossPohlia melanodon2025
Dicranella howeiDicranella howei2025
Revolute Beard-mossPseudocrossidium revolutum2025
Narrow-leaved Pocket-mossFissidens gracilifolius2025
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2025
Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum2025
Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla2025
Spreading Earth-mossPhyscomitrium patens2025
Blunt-fruited PottiaTortula caucasica2025
Tender Feather-mossRhynchostegiella tenella2025
Common Aloe-mossAloina aloides2025
Constricted Feather-mossHygroamblystegium humile2025
Perthshire Beard-mossDidymodon rigidulus2025
Stanford Screw-mossHennediella stanfordensis2025
Field MadderSherardia arvensis2025
Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum2025
Upright Screw-mossTortula subulata2025
Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum2025
BryumBryum2025
Hornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianum2025
Ploughman's-spikenardInula conyzae2025
MulleinVerbascum2025
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
HawkweedHieracium2025
DropwortFilipendula vulgaris2025
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
Horseshoe VetchHippocrepis comosa2025
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos2025
Wild LiquoriceAstragalus glycyphyllos2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025