Standiforth Playing Fields
Plan your visit
⚽Pitches
Dogs welcome
Getting here
53.64902, -1.74877
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 131m 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
- ⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 131m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
⚽Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Hey Green Circular TrailWalking route▾
Brighouse Boundary WalkWalking route29 km▾
Named routeLength 29 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Riverside WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Holme Valley Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
50 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Birkby Bradley GreenwayCycling route▾
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
Main RouteCycling route299 m▾
Named routeRef 69Length 299 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
15,954 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Mallard · Magpie · Blackcap · Rock Dove +25
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- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus2024
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- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- American MinkNeovison vison2024
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Marmalade Hoverfly · Red-legged Shieldbug · 2-spot Ladybird · Cherry Aphid · Southern Hawker +1
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Cherry AphidMyzus (Myzus) cerasi
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
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Japanese Knotweed · Broad-leaved Pondweed · Himalayan Balsam · Branched Bur-reed · Traveller's-joy +18
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,954 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Mallard · Magpie · Blackcap · Rock Dove +25
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus2024
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winterspringsummer
2026▾
Red Fox · Pipistrelle Bat species · Grey Squirrel · American Mink
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- American MinkNeovison vison2024
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spring
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Marmalade Hoverfly · Red-legged Shieldbug · 2-spot Ladybird · Cherry Aphid · Southern Hawker +1
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Cherry AphidMyzus (Myzus) cerasi
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2024
Japanese Knotweed · Broad-leaved Pondweed · Himalayan Balsam · Branched Bur-reed · Traveller's-joy +18
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
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