Wakefield Road Recreation Ground
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds⚽ Pitches
Dogs welcome
Places › England › Yorkshire and the Humber › Kirklees Getting here
53.69117, -1.60400
Open directionsv 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 ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 129m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 129m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Swift, Rock Dove +47 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Swift, Rock Dove +47 more · last seen 2025
Free
⚽ Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Rootlet Brittlestem, Madarch y Maes, Ivory Bonnet +15 more · last seen 2017; Fungi — Rootlet Brittlestem, Madarch y Maes, Ivory Bonnet +15 more · last seen 2017
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Copper Underwing agg., Heart & Dart +109 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Copper Underwing agg., Heart & Dart +109 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Giant Hogweed, Japanese Knotweed, Floating Pennywort +22 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Giant Hogweed, Japanese Knotweed, Floating Pennywort +22 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Kirklees Way Walking route 116 km ▾
Named route Length 116 km Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map Wakefield Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Dewsbury and District Ramblers Centenary Walk Walking route ▾
Bronte Way Walking route 71 km ▾
Named route Length 71 km Regional walking route
Show on map Leeds Country Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 55 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 66 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 69 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 69 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Cycle Network Route 699 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 699 National Cycle Network
Show on map Wakefield Wheel Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Wheel Local cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 485 m ▾
Named route Ref 69 Length 485 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 41 m ▾
Named route Ref 69 Length 41 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Photos Skatepark, Wakefield Road Recreation Ground, Dewsbury
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Wildlife to spot
8,538 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 8,538 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Magpie +26
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Rock Dove Columba livia Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Tit Parus major2024 Magpie Pica pica Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Swift Apus apus2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Coot Fulica atra2024 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2024 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Goosander Mergus merganser2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2023 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2023 Hedgehog
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2024 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 7-spot Ladybird · Common Rose Fusehorn · Red-legged Shieldbug · Eristalis pertinax · Athous haemorrhoidalis +1
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Common Rose Fusehorn Arge pagana Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2024 Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2024 Athous haemorrhoidalis Athous haemorrhoidalis2024 Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Giant Hogweed · Japanese Knotweed · Floating Pennywort · Water Fern · Argentinian Vervain +11
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum2024 Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2024 Floating Pennywort Hydrocotyle ranunculoides2024 Water Fern Azolla filiculoides2024 Argentinian Vervain Verbena bonariensis2025 Clustered Feather-moss Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 8,538 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Magpie +26
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Rock Dove Columba livia Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Tit Parus major2024 Magpie Pica pica Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Swift Apus apus2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Coot Fulica atra2024 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2024 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Goosander Mergus merganser2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2023 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2023 Hedgehog
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2024 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 7-spot Ladybird · Common Rose Fusehorn · Red-legged Shieldbug · Eristalis pertinax · Athous haemorrhoidalis +1
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Common Rose Fusehorn Arge pagana Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2024 Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2024 Athous haemorrhoidalis Athous haemorrhoidalis2024 Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Giant Hogweed · Japanese Knotweed · Floating Pennywort · Water Fern · Argentinian Vervain +11
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum2024 Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2024 Floating Pennywort Hydrocotyle ranunculoides2024 Water Fern Azolla filiculoides2024 Argentinian Vervain Verbena bonariensis2025 Clustered Feather-moss Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Rhynchostegium confertum
Rhynchostegium confertum
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Broom Fork-moss Dicranum scoparium
Broom Fork-moss Dicranum scoparium
Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum
Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum
Red-stemmed Feather-moss Pleurozium schreberi
Red-stemmed Feather-moss Pleurozium schreberi
Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum
Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum
Red Valerian Centranthus ruber2025
Red Valerian Centranthus ruber2025
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta2025
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta2025
Arrowhead Sagittaria sagittifolia2023
Arrowhead Sagittaria sagittifolia2023
Pot Marigold Calendula officinalis2023
Pot Marigold Calendula officinalis2023 