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Great And Little Preston

St Aidan's RSPB Reserve – View from Caroline Bridge loop from Great and Little Preston

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United Kingdom

England

Yorkshire And The Humber

Leeds

Great And Little Preston

St Aidan's RSPB Reserve – View from Caroline Bridge loop from Great and Little Preston

Moderate

5.0

(1)

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St Aidan's RSPB Reserve – View from Caroline Bridge loop from Great and Little Preston

00:53

7.62km

60m

Running

Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 26, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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290 m

St Aidan's Nature Reserve Picnic Area

Highlight • Rest Area

Nice pork pie and a loo stop

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325 m

St Aidan's Opencast Dragline (National Coal Board)

Highlight • Structure

Good starting point for a walk

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825 m

St. Aidan's Walking Dragline

Highlight • Viewpoint

Look closely and you may see the resident owl/s. Unfortunately I didn't see them today however I did see a Red Kite majestically soaring in the sky

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2.23 km

St Aidan's RSPB Reserve

Highlight • Natural

How could you ever tire of being around this place?

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3.02 km

Cormorant at St Aidan's Nature Park

Highlight • Natural

St Aidan's is a 400-hectare nature park located between Leeds and Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. The land was formerly an opencast coal mining area that was flooded in 1988, …

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3.17 km

View of St Aidan's Nature Park Lake

Highlight • Viewpoint

love this place

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5.24 km

St Aidan's RSPB Reserve

Highlight • Viewpoint

St Aiden's RSPB Reserve is a significant nature reserve located near Castleford in West Yorkshire. It covers over 600 acres and is part of the Aire Valley. It was developed …

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6.10 km

View from Caroline Bridge

Highlight • Viewpoint

The RSPB site is the main draw but a bonus is the awesome relic of this former opencast coal mine which is the behemoth Walking Dragline Excavator parked by the …

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7.62 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.42 km

3.04 km

852 m

175 m

126 m

Surfaces

3.04 km

2.34 km

1.35 km

421 m

389 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 12 July

23°C

12°C

0 %

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St Aidan's RSPB Reserve – View from Caroline Bridge loop from Great and Little Preston

St Aidan's Nature Reserve Picnic Area

St Aidan's Opencast Dragline (National Coal Board)

St. Aidan's Walking Dragline

St Aidan's RSPB Reserve

Cormorant at St Aidan's Nature Park

View of St Aidan's Nature Park Lake

St Aidan's RSPB Reserve

View from Caroline Bridge

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