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Thornton Cemetery

📷 Humphrey Bolton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via Route 69
🐕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
🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via Route 69
🐕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

Parking

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Knotweed, Yarrow +30 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Knotweed, Yarrow +30 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Yellow-Line Quaker, Autumn Green Carpet, Brick +56 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Yellow-Line Quaker, Autumn Green Carpet, Brick +56 more · last seen 2024

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Route 69

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Calderdale WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Worth WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Bronte WayWalking route71 km

Named routeLength 71 kmRegional walking route

Calder Aire LinkWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route

Bradford Millennium WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

17 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 69Cycling route

Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network

West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route

The Great Northern Railway TrailCycling route

Named route

N/ACycling route149 m

Named routeLength 149 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route39 m

Named routeLength 39 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route55 m

Named routeLength 55 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Calder Aire LinkMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

4,002 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,002 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds79 species

springautumn

2025

Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Starling · House Sparrow +74

MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Common GullLarus canus2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great TitParus major
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
RookCorvus frugilegus
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
SwiftApus apus2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Little OwlAthene noctua
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2022
Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
RavenCorvus corax2021
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2021
GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
RedshankTringa totanus2020
Red KiteMilvus milvus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2022
Motacilla cinerea cinereaMotacilla cinerea cinerea2022
DipperCinclus cinclus2021
NuthatchSitta europaea2021
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2020
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2019

🦌

Mammals10 species

summerautumn

2025

Roe Deer · Hedgehog · Common Shrew · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel +5

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Common ShrewSorex araneus2020
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
WeaselMustela nivalis
OtterLutra lutra2022
MoleTalpa europaea2020
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2020
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2019

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springwinter

2024

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects59 species

summerautumn

2024

Yellow-Line Quaker · Autumn Green Carpet · Brick · Silver Y · Black Rustic +54

Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019
Autumn Green CarpetChloroclysta miata2019
BrickSunira circellaris2019
Silver YAutographa gamma2019
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020
Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019
ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2019
Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2019
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019
Autumnal RusticEugnorisma glareosa2019
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019
Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2019
Agriotes obscurusAgriotes obscurus
Red-veined DarterSympetrum fonscolombii2020
Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2019
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2019
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019
Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2019
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019
Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis2019
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019
Flounced ChestnutAnchoscelis helvola2019
Spruce CarpetThera britannica2019
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019
Straw DotRivula sericealis2019
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2019
Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2019
Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2019
ChevronEulithis testata2019
Dark Sword-grassAgrotis ipsilon2019
Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2019
Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidea2019
Dot MothMelanchra persicariae2019
Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2019
Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius2019
SallowCirrhia icteritia2019
Grey ChiAntitype chi2019
PhoenixEulithis prunata2019
Common FootmanEilema lurideola2019
Scarce FootmanEilema complana2019
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2019
Least Yellow UnderwingNoctua interjecta2019
Shaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiata2019
Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria2019
Gold SpotPlusia festucae2019
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019
Gold SpangleAutographa bractea2019
Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2019
Cloaked MinorMesoligia furuncula2019
V-pugChloroclystis v-ata2019
Dun-barCosmia trapezina2019

🌿

Plants33 species

wintersummer

2026

Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Yarrow · Ramsons · Coltsfoot +28

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2022
RamsonsAllium ursinum2022
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2020
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024
GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2024
Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2022
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2021
Californian PoppyEschscholzia californica2021
White CampionSilene latifolia2021
TansyTanacetum vulgare2021
White StonecropSedum album2021
RaspberryRubus idaeus2021
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2021
Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense2021
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2020
Pale ToadflaxLinaria repens2020
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2020
Bush VetchVicia sepium2020
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2020
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2020
CowslipPrimula veris2020
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2020
ButterburPetasites hybridus2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,002 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds79 species

springautumn

2025

Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Starling · House Sparrow +74

MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Common GullLarus canus2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great TitParus major
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
RookCorvus frugilegus
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
SwiftApus apus2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Little OwlAthene noctua
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2022
Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
RavenCorvus corax2021
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2021
GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
RedshankTringa totanus2020
Red KiteMilvus milvus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2022
Motacilla cinerea cinereaMotacilla cinerea cinerea2022
DipperCinclus cinclus2021
NuthatchSitta europaea2021
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2020
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2019

🦌

Mammals10 species

summerautumn

2025

Roe Deer · Hedgehog · Common Shrew · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel +5

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Common ShrewSorex araneus2020
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
WeaselMustela nivalis
OtterLutra lutra2022
MoleTalpa europaea2020
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2020
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2019

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springwinter

2024

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects59 species

summerautumn

2024

Yellow-Line Quaker · Autumn Green Carpet · Brick · Silver Y · Black Rustic +54

Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019
Autumn Green CarpetChloroclysta miata2019
BrickSunira circellaris2019
Silver YAutographa gamma2019
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020
Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019
ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2019
Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2019
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019
Autumnal RusticEugnorisma glareosa2019
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019
Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2019
Agriotes obscurusAgriotes obscurus
Red-veined DarterSympetrum fonscolombii2020
Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2019
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2019
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019
Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2019
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019
Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis2019
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019
Flounced ChestnutAnchoscelis helvola2019
Spruce CarpetThera britannica2019
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019
Straw DotRivula sericealis2019
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2019
Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2019
Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2019
ChevronEulithis testata2019
Dark Sword-grassAgrotis ipsilon2019
Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2019
Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidea2019
Dot MothMelanchra persicariae2019
Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2019
Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius2019
SallowCirrhia icteritia2019
Grey ChiAntitype chi2019
PhoenixEulithis prunata2019
Common FootmanEilema lurideola2019
Scarce FootmanEilema complana2019
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2019
Least Yellow UnderwingNoctua interjecta2019
Shaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiata2019
Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria2019
Gold SpotPlusia festucae2019
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019
Gold SpangleAutographa bractea2019
Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2019
Cloaked MinorMesoligia furuncula2019
V-pugChloroclystis v-ata2019
Dun-barCosmia trapezina2019

🌿

Plants33 species

wintersummer

2026

Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Yarrow · Ramsons · Coltsfoot +28

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2022
RamsonsAllium ursinum2022
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2020
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024
GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2024
Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2022
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2021
Californian PoppyEschscholzia californica2021
White CampionSilene latifolia2021
TansyTanacetum vulgare2021
White StonecropSedum album2021
RaspberryRubus idaeus2021
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2021
Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense2021
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2020
Pale ToadflaxLinaria repens2020
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2020
Bush VetchVicia sepium2020
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2020
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2020
CowslipPrimula veris2020
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2020
ButterburPetasites hybridus2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Humphrey Bolton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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