Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
53.95379, -1.11203
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Greylag Goose
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 170m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Greylag Goose
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 170m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Greylag Goose, Magpie +43 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Greylag Goose, Magpie +43 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus, Trioza centranthi +143 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Centenary WayWalking route134 km▾
Named routeLength 134 kmRegional walking route
Ebor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Foss WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Millennium WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Jorvic WayWalking route104 km▾
Named routeLength 104 kmRegional walking route
123 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
NCN National Route 665Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 665National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 658Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 658National Cycle Network
Solar System RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
25,049 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,049 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Greylag Goose · Black-headed Gull · Rock Dove +16
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects15 species
winterspring
2026▾
Trioza centranthi · Brown Soft-scale · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Norellia spinipes +10
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Brown Soft-scaleCoccus hesperidum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Wall Screw-moss · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Fairy Foxglove +48
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Fairy FoxgloveErinus alpinus
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Butterfly-bush
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,049 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Greylag Goose · Black-headed Gull · Rock Dove +16
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects15 species
winterspring
2026▾
Trioza centranthi · Brown Soft-scale · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Norellia spinipes +10
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Brown Soft-scaleCoccus hesperidum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Wall Screw-moss · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Fairy Foxglove +48
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Fairy FoxgloveErinus alpinus
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Butterfly-bush
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Buddleja davidii
Buddleja davidii
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