Whitehall Riverside Pocket Park
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🧺 Picnic🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › Yorkshire and the Humber › Leeds Getting here
53.79310, -1.55691
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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Canteen — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Canteen — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Rock Dove +51 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Rock Dove +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus, Western Honey Bee +77 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus, Western Honey Bee +77 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hemlock Water-dropwort, Butterfly-bush, Creeping Thistle +115 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Hemlock Water-dropwort, Butterfly-bush, Creeping Thistle +115 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Hawthorn, Common Nettle, Elder +14 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds) Walking route ▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Leeds Country Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Airedale Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Dales Way Link Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 123 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 66 National Cycle Network
Show on map Garforth to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref G-CC Local cycle route
Show on map Wyke Beck Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref RP-TN Local cycle route
Show on map Middleton to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref M-CC Local cycle route
Show on map Alwoodley to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref A-CC Local cycle route
Show on map West Park to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref W-CC Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
13,677 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 13,677 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Mallard · Rock Dove · Moorhen · Woodpigeon +36
Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Brown Rat
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2025 Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Syrphus · Western Honey Bee · Harlequin Ladybird
Syrphus Syrphus Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 🌿 Plants 27 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Field Maple · Butterfly-bush · Hemlock Water-dropwort · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Purple Toadflax +22
Field Maple Acer campestre Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii Hemlock Water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata Pellitory-of-the-wall Parietaria judaica Purple Toadflax Linaria purpurea Firethorn Pyracantha coccinea Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 13,677 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Mallard · Rock Dove · Moorhen · Woodpigeon +36
Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Brown Rat
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2025 Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Syrphus · Western Honey Bee · Harlequin Ladybird
Syrphus Syrphus Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 🌿 Plants 27 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Field Maple · Butterfly-bush · Hemlock Water-dropwort · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Purple Toadflax +22
Field Maple Acer campestre Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii Hemlock Water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata Pellitory-of-the-wall Parietaria judaica Purple Toadflax Linaria purpurea Firethorn Pyracantha coccinea Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red Dead-nettle
Red Dead-nettle
Lamium purpureum
Lamium purpureum
Red Valerian Centranthus ruber
Red Valerian Centranthus ruber
Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes
Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium
Narrow-leaved Ragwort Senecio inaequidens
Narrow-leaved Ragwort Senecio inaequidens
Mexican Fleabane Erigeron karvinskianus
Mexican Fleabane Erigeron karvinskianus
Gypsywort Lycopus europaeus
Gypsywort Lycopus europaeus
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Ash Fraxinus excelsior
Ash Fraxinus excelsior
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Elder Sambucus nigra
Elder Sambucus nigra
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Wall Cotoneaster Cotoneaster horizontalis
Wall Cotoneaster Cotoneaster horizontalis
Norway Maple Acer platanoides
Norway Maple Acer platanoides
Cherry Laurel Prunus laurocerasus
Cherry Laurel Prunus laurocerasus Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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