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Yorkshire And The Humber

Great And Little Preston

St Aidan's RSPB Reserve – BE1150 Dragline Memorial loop from Great and Little Preston

Hiking trails & Routes

Yorkshire And The Humber

Great And Little Preston

St Aidan's RSPB Reserve – BE1150 Dragline Memorial loop from Great and Little Preston

Easy

5.0

(11)

130

hikers

St Aidan's RSPB Reserve – BE1150 Dragline Memorial loop from Great and Little Preston

01:26

5.42km

60m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 19, 2026

Waypoints

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Start point

Bus stop

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1

351 m

St Aidan's Nature Reserve Picnic Area

Highlight • Rest Area

Nice pork pie and a loo stop

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2

534 m

St Aidan's Bowers Lake

Highlight • Lake

cafe and toilets are here. Can see wild swimmers in Bowers lake

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3

971 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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4

2.38 km

St Aidan's RSPB Reserve

Highlight • Natural

How could you ever tire of being around this place?

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5

2.89 km

View of St Aidan's Nature Reserve Lake

Highlight • Natural

Pushchair friendly purple route

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6

3.16 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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7

5.02 km

St Aidan's Opencast Dragline (National Coal Board)

Highlight • Structure

Good starting point for a walk

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8

5.12 km

BE1150 Dragline Memorial

Highlight • Monument

Note to self; Wear wellies and not walking boots in winter.

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B

5.42 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.01 km

2.06 km

273 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.01 km

1.73 km

379 m

189 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

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Thursday 25 June

33°C

16°C

31 %

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