Plan your visit
🛝Family🦅Birds🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
53.44197, -1.95301
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Canella — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Canella — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
Best for
10 activities🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Robin +53 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Robin +53 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Dogs allowed with public access
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
GM Ringway Stage 6Walking route13.4 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 6 - Strines to Marple
Named routeLength 13.4 kmRegional walking route
Lantern Pike Circular (Ethel), High PeakWalking route7.4 km▾
Named routeLength 7.4 kmDuration 02:30Round tripLocal walking route
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tameside Trail (East - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pennine Way (Edale to Crowden)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Moorside Closepublic footpath · 94 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 94 mPath type: residential
May's Waypublic footpath · 51 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 51 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: footway
Smithy Foldpublic footpath · 31 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 31 mSurface settPath type: pedestrian
37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Trans-Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TPTRegional cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Longdendale TrailCycling route▾
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km▾
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network
Tame Valley LoopMountain bike route29 km▾
Named routeRef AdvancedLength 29 kmLocal cycle route
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Harehills Park & The Old Glove Works
Photos
Harehills Park & The Old Glove Works
Facilities
🅿️Parking
Wren Nest Retail car park · Paid · 65m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
42,939 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
42,939 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds56 species
autumnwinter
2026Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit
+51 more speciesHide species list
All 56 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025Mole · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Oligotricha striata
🌿Plants11 species
winterspring
2026Honeysuckle · Sycamore · Yellow Archangel · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Hyacinth
+6 more speciesHide species list
All 11 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- HyacinthHyacinthus orientalis
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
42,939 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds56 species
autumnwinter
2026Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit
+51 more speciesHide species list
All 56 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025Mole · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Oligotricha striata
🌿Plants11 species
winterspring
2026Honeysuckle · Sycamore · Yellow Archangel · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Hyacinth
+6 more speciesHide species list
All 11 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- HyacinthHyacinthus orientalis
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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