Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
53.69393, -1.51612
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 275m 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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 275m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Herb-Robert, Selfheal, Green Alkanet +51 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Herb-Robert, Selfheal, Green Alkanet +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Walton 2Walking 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
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
St. Johnspublic footpath · 88 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 88 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
69 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Middleton to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef M-CCLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 699Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 699National Cycle Network
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Wakefield WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef WheelLocal cycle route
Wonders of WakefieldCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoWLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Red Hall Lanebridleway · 678 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 678 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
12,222 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,222 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · House Sparrow · Wren · Robin · Starling +19
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Blue Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug
- Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Herb-Robert · Greater Plantain · Great Mullein · Wall Lettuce · Borage +5
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
- Wall LettuceMycelis muralis
- BorageBorago officinalis
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- CorncockleAgrostemma githago
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,222 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · House Sparrow · Wren · Robin · Starling +19
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Blue Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug
- Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Herb-Robert · Greater Plantain · Great Mullein · Wall Lettuce · Borage +5
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
- Wall LettuceMycelis muralis
- BorageBorago officinalis
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- CorncockleAgrostemma githago
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
