Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.92988, -1.38644
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Tuesday Lunch Club — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Tuesday Lunch Club — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Magpie, Blackbird +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Robin, Magpie, Blackbird +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis tenax, Platycheirus albimanus, Hairy-footed Flower Bee +169 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Ebor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
East Keskick And Hetchell Wood 6.25 miles 3.5 hoursWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
45 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 665Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 665National Cycle Network
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Elmet GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 67Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 665Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The OwlMountain bike route▾
The StarlingMountain bike route▾
Red Kite TrailMountain bike route▾
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Quarry Hill Lanebridleway · 195 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 195 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Quarry Hill Lanebridleway · 42 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 42 mPath type: bridleway
Quarry Hill Lanebridleway · 19 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 19 mPath type: bridleway
Quarry Hill Lanebridleway · 238 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 238 mPath type: bridleway
Quarry Hill Lanebridleway · 3 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 3 mPath type: service
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
10,793 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,793 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Dunnock +33
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🐝Insects40 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Eristalis tenax · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Syrphus torvus · Meliscaeva auricollis · Marmalade Hoverfly +35
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Bombus terrestris subsp. audax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,793 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Dunnock +33
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🐝Insects40 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Eristalis tenax · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Syrphus torvus · Meliscaeva auricollis · Marmalade Hoverfly +35
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Bombus terrestris subsp. audax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bombus terrestris subsp. audax2025
Bombus terrestris subsp. audax2025
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025PlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusBuffish Mining BeeAndrena nigroaeneaBuffish Mining BeeAndrena nigroaeneaHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorEarly BumblebeeBombus pratorumEarly BumblebeeBombus pratorum10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataEupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Cheilosia caerulescensCheilosia caerulescens2025Cheilosia caerulescensCheilosia caerulescens2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Notonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculata2025Notonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculata2025Coriomeris denticulatusCoriomeris denticulatus2025Coriomeris denticulatusCoriomeris denticulatus2025Platycheirus manicatusPlatycheirus manicatus2025Platycheirus manicatusPlatycheirus manicatus2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae2025Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae2025Platycheirus clypeatus agg.Platycheirus clypeatus agg.2025Platycheirus clypeatus agg.Platycheirus clypeatus agg.2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2025Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2025Empis lividaEmpis livida2025Empis lividaEmpis livida2025Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2025Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2025Cionus tuberculosusCionus tuberculosus2025Cionus tuberculosusCionus tuberculosus2025Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana2025Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Events & activities nearby
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