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Thornhurst Park Golf Club

13 ha

📷 Steve Fareham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha

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53.58293, -1.15116

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Swallow, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow +67 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swallow, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow +67 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Meadowsweet, Hogweed, Bramble +12 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Riband Wave, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing +121 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Riband Wave, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing +121 more · last seen 2023

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Great Burnet, Meadowsweet +82 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Great Burnet, Meadowsweet +82 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Selby)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

25 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route184 m

Named routeRef 62Length 184 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route3.9 km

Named routeRef 62Length 3.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.4 km

Named routeRef 62Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route407 m

Named routeRef 62Length 407 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route418 m

Named routeRef 62Length 418 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

9,385 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,385 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

summerautumn

2025

Swallow · Pied Wagtail · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +52

SwallowHirundo rustica
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
White StorkCiconia ciconia2024
Water RailRallus aquaticus2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
SiskinSpinus spinus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RavenCorvus corax
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great TitParus major
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
CootFulica atra2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Common GullLarus canus2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2022
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022

🦌

Mammals4 species

wintersummerautumn

2025

Pipistrelle Bat species · Rabbit · Whiskered Bat · Hedgehog

Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Whiskered BatMyotis mystacinus2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022

🐝

Insects2 species

spring

2023

Banded Demoiselle · Large Red Damselfly

Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula

🌿

Plants52 species

summer

2025

Japanese Knotweed · Great Burnet · Spindle · Oxeye Daisy · Meadow Vetchling +47

Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
BetonyBetonica officinalis
Black BryonyTamus communis
Rough Hawk's-beardCrepis biennis
Shining Meadow-rueThalictrum lucidum
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
CowslipPrimula veris
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
DandelionTaraxacum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
DewberryRubus caesius2024
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024
English ElmUlmus procera2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
Common Meadow-rueThalictrum flavum2024
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024
Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2024
Dog-roseRosa canina2024
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024
Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius2024
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2024
Hard RushJuncus inflexus2024
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2024
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2024
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2023
Giant KnotweedReynoutria sachalinensis2023
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2023
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2023
SkullcapScutellaria galericulata2023
Marsh FernThelypteris palustris2023
Large-flowered Hemp-nettleGaleopsis speciosa2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,385 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

summerautumn

2025

Swallow · Pied Wagtail · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +52

SwallowHirundo rustica
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
White StorkCiconia ciconia2024
Water RailRallus aquaticus2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
SiskinSpinus spinus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RavenCorvus corax
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great TitParus major
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
CootFulica atra2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Common GullLarus canus2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2022
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022

🦌

Mammals4 species

wintersummerautumn

2025

Pipistrelle Bat species · Rabbit · Whiskered Bat · Hedgehog

Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Whiskered BatMyotis mystacinus2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022

🐝

Insects2 species

spring

2023

Banded Demoiselle · Large Red Damselfly

Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula

🌿

Plants52 species

summer

2025

Japanese Knotweed · Great Burnet · Spindle · Oxeye Daisy · Meadow Vetchling +47

Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
BetonyBetonica officinalis
Black BryonyTamus communis
Rough Hawk's-beardCrepis biennis
Shining Meadow-rueThalictrum lucidum
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
CowslipPrimula veris
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
DandelionTaraxacum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
DewberryRubus caesius2024
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024
English ElmUlmus procera2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
Common Meadow-rueThalictrum flavum2024
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024
Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2024
Dog-roseRosa canina2024
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024
Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius2024
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2024
Hard RushJuncus inflexus2024
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2024
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2024
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2023
Giant KnotweedReynoutria sachalinensis2023
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2023
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2023
SkullcapScutellaria galericulata2023
Marsh FernThelypteris palustris2023
Large-flowered Hemp-nettleGaleopsis speciosa2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Steve Fareham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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