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Wakefield Municipal Golf Course

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Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome

Getting here

53.66444, -1.52606

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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
⛳Golf 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
⛳Golf 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

8 activities

Golf

Very strong match

Golf course

Paid

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Magpie, Mute Swan +84 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Magpie, Mute Swan +84 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Turnip Tigress, Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens, Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata +61 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Turnip Tigress, Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens, Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata +61 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Route 69

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Kirklees WayWalking route116 km

Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route

Walton 2Walking route

Named route

Wakefield WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds)Walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)

Named routeRegional walking route

Leeds Country WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

68 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 69Cycling route

Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 699Cycling route

Named routeRef 699National Cycle Network

Route 67Cycling route

Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network

West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route

Wakefield WheelCycling route

Named routeRef WheelLocal cycle route

Wonders of WakefieldCycling route

Named routeRef WoWLocal cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Wadhouse Lanebridleway · 922 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 922 mPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

38,221 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

38,221 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

winter

2026

Grey Heron · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Moorhen · Mallard +53

Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
JayGarrulus glandarius
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
TealAnas crecca2025
CootFulica atra2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2026

Common Feather-moss

Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

38,221 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

winter

2026

Grey Heron · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Moorhen · Mallard +53

Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
JayGarrulus glandarius
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
TealAnas crecca2025
CootFulica atra2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2026

Common Feather-moss

Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 SMJ · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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