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Westfield House

📷 Humphrey Bolton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine 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

🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine 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

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Peregrine, Jackdaw, Blackbird +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Peregrine, Jackdaw, Blackbird +69 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Neat Feather-moss, Maidenhair Spleenwort +48 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Neat Feather-moss, Maidenhair Spleenwort +48 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Hawthorn Shieldbug, 2-spot Ladybird, Cream-spot Ladybird +6 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Hawthorn Shieldbug, 2-spot Ladybird, Cream-spot Ladybird +6 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Bilberry, Great Scented Liverwort, Hawthorn +1 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Calderdale WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Hebble TrailWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route

Mytholmroyd Stoodley PikeWalking route

Named route

Scout RockWalking route

Named route

Calderdale Way LinkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

69 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pennine CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

Route 66Cycling route

Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network

Route 69Cycling route

Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network

West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route2.4 km

Named routeRef 68Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route60 m

Named routeRef 66Length 60 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

6,624 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,624 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds75 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Peregrine · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie +70

PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
Common GullLarus canus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos2025
Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023

🦌

Mammals5 species

winterspring

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Brown Rat · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects9 species

winter

2026

Hawthorn Shieldbug · Cream-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird +4

Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Wild Rose FusehornArge ochropus2025
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2025
Larder BeetleDermestes lardarius2025
Rivellia syngenesiaeRivellia syngenesiae2024

🌿

Plants51 species

springsummer

2026

Japanese Knotweed · Neat Feather-moss · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Gypsywort · Fox-and-cubs +46

Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Water EarwortScapania undulata
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2025
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025
Dusky Crane's-billGeranium phaeum2025
Rock Crane's-billGeranium macrorrhizum2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025
Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus2025
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024
Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2024
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2024
NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2024
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
RamsonsAllium ursinum2024
HonestyLunaria annua2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2024
Pick-a-back-plantTolmiea menziesii2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,624 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds75 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Peregrine · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie +70

PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
Common GullLarus canus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos2025
Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023

🦌

Mammals5 species

winterspring

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Brown Rat · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects9 species

winter

2026

Hawthorn Shieldbug · Cream-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird +4

Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Wild Rose FusehornArge ochropus2025
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2025
Larder BeetleDermestes lardarius2025
Rivellia syngenesiaeRivellia syngenesiae2024

🌿

Plants51 species

springsummer

2026

Japanese Knotweed · Neat Feather-moss · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Gypsywort · Fox-and-cubs +46

Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Water EarwortScapania undulata
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2025
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025
Dusky Crane's-billGeranium phaeum2025
Rock Crane's-billGeranium macrorrhizum2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025
Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus2025
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024
Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2024
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2024
NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2024
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
RamsonsAllium ursinum2024
HonestyLunaria annua2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2024
Pick-a-back-plantTolmiea menziesii2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Humphrey Bolton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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