Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
53.48337, -1.22390
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie +51 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie +51 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Yarrow +257 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Yellow Meadow Ant, Harlequin Ladybird +14 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Barnsley Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Selby)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Heron WayWalking route▾
38 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Rotherham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route414 m▾
Named routeRef 62Length 414 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route67 m▾
Named routeRef 62Length 67 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
Main RouteCycling route29 m▾
Named routeRef 62Length 29 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
Main RouteCycling route405 m▾
Named routeRef 62Length 405 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Windgate Hillbridleway · 62 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 62 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
Windgate Hillbridleway · 204 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 204 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,142 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,142 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Green Woodpecker · Robin · Mute Swan · Magpie +12
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- TealAnas crecca
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Yellow Meadow Ant
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
🌿Plants101 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Barren Strawberry · Pyramidal Orchid · Wood Sage · Perforate St John's-wort +96
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
- Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
- Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,142 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Green Woodpecker · Robin · Mute Swan · Magpie +12
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- TealAnas crecca
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Yellow Meadow Ant
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
🌿Plants101 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Barren Strawberry · Pyramidal Orchid · Wood Sage · Perforate St John's-wort +96
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
- Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
- Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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