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West Yorkshire County Sports Club

3 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha

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53.65937, -1.47230

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Newland Court 234m away — 14 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Newland Court 234m away — 14 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Coot +85 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Coot +85 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet +17 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet +17 more · last seen 2025

Free

Cycling

Good match

National Cycle Network traffic-free route nearby (NCN ?)

Varies

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Barnsley Boundary WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional 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

🚴

Cycling

62 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 69Cycling route

Named routeRef 69National 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

Main RouteCycling route185 m

Named routeRef 67Length 185 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

18,355 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

18,355 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

autumn

2026

Tufted Duck · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan +55

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great TitParus major2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025

🐝

Insects4 species

summerautumn

2025

Macrosteles sardus · Red-legged Shieldbug · Brown Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly

Macrosteles sardusMacrosteles sardus
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Field Bindweed

Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

18,355 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

autumn

2026

Tufted Duck · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan +55

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great TitParus major2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025

🐝

Insects4 species

summerautumn

2025

Macrosteles sardus · Red-legged Shieldbug · Brown Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly

Macrosteles sardusMacrosteles sardus
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Field Bindweed

Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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