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🐶Dogs🌲Walks🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome36 ha
Getting here
53.45974, -2.68982
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕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
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕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
Best for
7 activitiesDogs allowed — country park
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Country park — designed for family visits
Country park — good for group day out
Country park — managed habitat
🦅Bird watching
Moderate match
Country park — mixed habitats
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
GM Ringway Stage 16Walking route16.3 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 16 - Wigan to Leigh
Named routeLength 16.3 kmRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Sankey Canal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Footpath to Sankey Valley Park
Photos
Footpath to Sankey Valley Park
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
35,583 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,583 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds50 species
springautumn
2026Magpie · Blackbird · Canada Goose · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon
+45 more speciesHide species list
All 50 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Daubenton's Bat · Rabbit · Bat
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All 6 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- BatChiroptera2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026Common Toad
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2025Broad-bodied Chaser · Red-legged Shieldbug · Corizus hyoscyami · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Four-spotted Chaser
+11 more speciesHide species list
All 16 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Orange Ladybird
Hart's-Tongue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Wood-sorrel · Wood Anemone · Wood Speedwell
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All 38 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025
- Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,583 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds50 species
springautumn
2026Magpie · Blackbird · Canada Goose · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon
+45 more speciesHide species list
All 50 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Daubenton's Bat · Rabbit · Bat
+1 more speciesHide species list
All 6 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- BatChiroptera2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026Common Toad
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2025Broad-bodied Chaser · Red-legged Shieldbug · Corizus hyoscyami · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Four-spotted Chaser
+11 more speciesHide species list
All 16 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Orange Ladybird
Hart's-Tongue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Wood-sorrel · Wood Anemone · Wood Speedwell
+33 more speciesHide species list
All 38 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025
- Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis2025
Sciurus carolinensis2025
Halyzia sedecimguttata
Halyzia sedecimguttata
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorBlack SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatusBlack SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansLily BeetleLilioceris liliiLily BeetleLilioceris liliiSmall Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorumSmall Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorumXylotaXylotaXylotaXylotaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaHogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Common ReedPhragmites australis2025Common ReedPhragmites australis2025Stag's-horn SumachRhus typhina2025Stag's-horn SumachRhus typhina2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2025Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025BugleAjuga reptans2025BugleAjuga reptans2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025