Wortley Recreation Ground
21 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome21 ha
Getting here
53.78729, -1.57988
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rock Dove
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Deja Vu Diner — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rock Dove
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Deja Vu Diner — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Magpie +46 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Magpie +46 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus, Western Honey Bee +37 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Deceiver, Ivory Bonnet, Candlesnuff Fungus +121 more · last seen 2023
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds)Walking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)
Named routeRegional walking route
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Airedale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Dales Way LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
96 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Garforth to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef G-CCLocal cycle route
Middleton to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef M-CCLocal cycle route
Alwoodley to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef A-CCLocal cycle route
West Park to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef W-CCLocal cycle route
Cycle Superhighway 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef CS1Regional cycle route
Photos
Skatepark in Wortley Recreation Ground
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
9,543 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,543 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds19 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Canada Goose · Grey Heron +14
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Bat · Brown Rat · Hedgehog
- BatChiroptera
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Yellow-bellied Slider
- Yellow-bellied SliderTrachemys scripta subsp. scripta
7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Banded Demoiselle +13
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Mugwort · Green Alkanet · Red Dead-nettle · Common Mallow · Remote Sedge +49
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris
- Remote SedgeCarex remota
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Forget-Me-NotMyosotis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,543 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds19 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Canada Goose · Grey Heron +14
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Bat · Brown Rat · Hedgehog
- BatChiroptera
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Yellow-bellied Slider
- Yellow-bellied SliderTrachemys scripta subsp. scripta
7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Banded Demoiselle +13
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Mugwort · Green Alkanet · Red Dead-nettle · Common Mallow · Remote Sedge +49
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris
- Remote SedgeCarex remota
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Forget-Me-NotMyosotis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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