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Wadworth Street Allotments

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Dogs welcome

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53.48810, -1.24506

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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

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Coot, Gadwall +87 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Coot, Gadwall +87 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Trifid Bur-marigold, Tansy +70 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Trifid Bur-marigold, Tansy +70 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Wild Strawberry, Barren Strawberry, Wild Marjoram +7 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Yellow Meadow Ant, Bishop's Mitre · last seen 2025; Insects — Yellow Meadow Ant, Bishop's Mitre · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path 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

Named route

🚴

Cycling

40 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 route27 m

Named routeRef 62Length 27 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

Wildlife to spot

13,711 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,711 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

autumn

2025

Mallard · Mute Swan · Coot · Water Rail · Grey Heron +48

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
CootFulica atra
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
GadwallMareca strepera
TealAnas crecca
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MagpiePica pica
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Common GullLarus canus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
RedwingTurdus iliacus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
DunnockPrunella modularis
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
RookCorvus frugilegus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
SiskinSpinus spinus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
JackdawColoeus monedula
JayGarrulus glandarius

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🌿

Plants10 species

summer

2025

Trifid Bur-marigold · Horse-radish · Perennial Sow-thistle · Wild Marjoram · Heather +5

Trifid Bur-marigoldBidens tripartita
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
TansyTanacetum vulgare
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
White Dead-nettleLamium album

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,711 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

autumn

2025

Mallard · Mute Swan · Coot · Water Rail · Grey Heron +48

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
CootFulica atra
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
GadwallMareca strepera
TealAnas crecca
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MagpiePica pica
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Common GullLarus canus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
RedwingTurdus iliacus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
DunnockPrunella modularis
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
RookCorvus frugilegus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
SiskinSpinus spinus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
JackdawColoeus monedula
JayGarrulus glandarius

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🌿

Plants10 species

summer

2025

Trifid Bur-marigold · Horse-radish · Perennial Sow-thistle · Wild Marjoram · Heather +5

Trifid Bur-marigoldBidens tripartita
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
TansyTanacetum vulgare
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
White Dead-nettleLamium album

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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