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53.48839, -1.30712

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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
🛝Playground 264m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🛝Playground 264m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· FreePlayground

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit +77 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit +77 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Giant Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam +18 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Giant Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam +18 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Banded Demoiselle, 7-spot Ladybird, Common Darter +42 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Banded Demoiselle, 7-spot Ladybird, Common Darter +42 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Rowan, White Dead-nettle, Hogweed

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Barnsley Boundary WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Selby)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

The Heron WayWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

37 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 67Cycling route

Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Rotherham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route414 m

Named routeRef 62Length 414 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route27 m

Named routeRef 62Length 27 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route112 m

Named routeRef 62Length 112 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

9,469 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,469 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Greylag Goose · Carrion Crow +35

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2024

American Mink

American MinkNeovison vison

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summer

2025

Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024

🐝

Insects45 species

springsummer

2026

Banded Demoiselle · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +40

Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Small WhitePieris rapae2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
TenthredopsisTenthredopsis2025
Zyginella pulchraZyginella pulchra2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Leptura quadrifasciataLeptura quadrifasciata2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Large WhitePieris brassicae2025
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2025
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2025
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Lime AphidEucallipterus tiliae2025
Crescent-marked Lily AphidAulacorthum (Neomyzus) circumflexum2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
PeacockAglais io2025
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2025
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2025
CommaPolygonia c-album2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
Anthocomus fasciatusAnthocomus fasciatus2024
Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2024
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024

🌿

Plants13 species

springsummer

2025

Floating Pennywort · Himalayan Balsam · Bee Orchid · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Red Campion +8

Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
Red CampionSilene dioica
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Common FiddleneckAmsinckia micrantha
Water FernAzolla filiculoides2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,469 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Greylag Goose · Carrion Crow +35

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2024

American Mink

American MinkNeovison vison

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summer

2025

Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024

🐝

Insects45 species

springsummer

2026

Banded Demoiselle · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +40

Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Small WhitePieris rapae2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
TenthredopsisTenthredopsis2025
Zyginella pulchraZyginella pulchra2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Leptura quadrifasciataLeptura quadrifasciata2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Large WhitePieris brassicae2025
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2025
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2025
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Lime AphidEucallipterus tiliae2025
Crescent-marked Lily AphidAulacorthum (Neomyzus) circumflexum2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
PeacockAglais io2025
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2025
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2025
CommaPolygonia c-album2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
Anthocomus fasciatusAnthocomus fasciatus2024
Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2024
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024

🌿

Plants13 species

springsummer

2025

Floating Pennywort · Himalayan Balsam · Bee Orchid · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Red Campion +8

Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
Red CampionSilene dioica
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Common FiddleneckAmsinckia micrantha
Water FernAzolla filiculoides2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 DS Pugh · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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