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Wooley Park

11 ha

📷 Steve Fareham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha

Getting here

53.61343, -1.50018

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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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ 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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Pochard +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Pochard +73 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Orthotylus (Litocoris) ericetorum, Red-legged Shieldbug, Liocoris tripustulatus +18 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Orthotylus (Litocoris) ericetorum, Red-legged Shieldbug, Liocoris tripustulatus +18 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Dearne WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

47 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 route485 m

Named routeRef 69Length 485 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

11,522 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,522 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +46

WigeonMareca penelope2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CootFulica atra2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Little OwlAthene noctua
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

summerwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,522 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +46

WigeonMareca penelope2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CootFulica atra2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Little OwlAthene noctua
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

summerwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Steve Fareham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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