Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.86526, -0.66528
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Snack Shack — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Snack Shack — 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; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird, Hawthorn Shieldbug +131 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Yorkshire Wolds WayWalking route127 km▾
Named routeLength 127 kmNational walking route
Wilberforce WayWalking route97 km▾
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
High Hunsley CircuitWalking route39 km▾
Named routeLength 39 kmLocal walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Yorkshire Wolds Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripNational Cycle Network
NCN National Route 164 (south)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 164National Cycle Network
Hudson WayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 164Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route546 m▾
Named routeRef 164Length 546 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Hudson Waybridleway · 1.7 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.7 kmPath type: track
Hudson Waybridleway · 215 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 215 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Hudson Waybridleway · 165 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 165 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
12,166 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,166 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Wren · Robin · Jackdaw +38
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwiftApus apus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects13 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Box Bug · Green Shieldbug · Melanostoma scalare · Mesembrina meridiana +8
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025
Primrose · Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss · Wild Tulip · Sweet Violet · Ash +32
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
- Wild TulipTulipa sylvestris
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,166 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Wren · Robin · Jackdaw +38
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwiftApus apus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects13 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Box Bug · Green Shieldbug · Melanostoma scalare · Mesembrina meridiana +8
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025
Primrose · Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss · Wild Tulip · Sweet Violet · Ash +32
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
- Wild TulipTulipa sylvestris
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Face Fly
Face Fly
Musca autumnalis2025
Musca autumnalis2025
Green Alder NematineEuura glutinosae2025Green Alder NematineEuura glutinosae2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2024Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2024Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa2024Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2024Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2024Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicadaffodilsNarcissusdaffodilsNarcissusGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumGreater SnowdropGalanthus elwesiiGreater SnowdropGalanthus elwesiiLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixWinter AconiteEranthis hyemalisWinter AconiteEranthis hyemalisGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumGalanthus nivalis f. pleniflorusGalanthus nivalis f. pleniflorusGalanthus nivalis f. pleniflorusGalanthus nivalis f. pleniflorusHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensRamsonsAllium ursinumRamsonsAllium ursinumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumAlderAlnus glutinosaAlderAlnus glutinosaElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusEvents & activities nearby
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