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Wainman's Pinnacle

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53.88239, -2.02495

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Jackdaw
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Jackdaw
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕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

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon +56 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon +56 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Bilberry Bumblebee · last seen 2026; Insects — Bilberry Bumblebee · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

11 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Worth WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Bronte WayWalking route71 km

Named routeLength 71 kmRegional walking route

Bradford Millennium WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Pennine Way (Calder Valley to Ickornshaw)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Pennine Way (Ickornshaw to Malham)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Great North Trail (Yorkshire Dales)Mountain bike route172.2 km

Named routeLength 172.2 km

Wildlife to spot

34,254 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

34,254 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

winter

2025

Carrion Crow · Common Gull · Jackdaw · Starling · Robin +35

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Common GullLarus canus
JackdawColoeus monedula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MagpiePica pica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
DunnockPrunella modularis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
BuzzardButeo buteo
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
DipperCinclus cinclus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
JayGarrulus glandarius
NuthatchSitta europaea
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Roe Deer · Brown Hare

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Bilberry Bumblebee

Bilberry BumblebeeBombus monticola

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

34,254 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

winter

2025

Carrion Crow · Common Gull · Jackdaw · Starling · Robin +35

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Common GullLarus canus
JackdawColoeus monedula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MagpiePica pica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
DunnockPrunella modularis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
BuzzardButeo buteo
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
DipperCinclus cinclus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
JayGarrulus glandarius
NuthatchSitta europaea
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Roe Deer · Brown Hare

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Bilberry Bumblebee

Bilberry BumblebeeBombus monticola

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Colin Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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🌱Cowling ParkUrban park1.2 km→🌱Middleton Recreation GroundUrban park1.8 km→⛪Holy Trinity ChurchReligious grounds1.6 km→🌱Ling Haw HillUrban park2.9 km→⛪St Andrew's ChurchReligious grounds4 km→🌱Lothersdale Recreation Ground and WoodlandUrban park4.5 km→

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