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🌱 Urban park

Daisy Nook Country Park

✦ Ancient woodland108 ha

Getting here

53.50496, -2.11723

Best for

7 activities

Playgrounds

Free82%

playground, parking

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Wildlife

Free75%

Ancient woodland

Family friendly

Free68%

Urban park — family destination

Heritage

Free68%

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Picnic day out

Free62%

Urban park — open green space

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

16

5 named nearby · 11 public paths

Named routePublic access
🚴

Cycling

105

105 named nearby

Named route
🚵

Mountain biking

1

1 named nearby

Named route
🐴

Horse riding

1

1 public path

Public access

Named routes and paths nearby

Cheshire Ring Canal Walk · Walking0
Medlock Valley Way · Walking0
Route 60 · Cycling0
Manchester Green Trail 1 · Walking0
N/A · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling

About this urban park

Daisy Nook Country Park is an ancient urban park covering 108 hectares. As an ancient woodland, it has been continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD — a rare and irreplaceable habitat rich in biodiversity and historical character.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Looking west along the Fairbottom Branch Canal in Daisy Nook Country Park - geograph.org.uk - 1961

Looking west along the Fairbottom Branch Canal in Daisy Nook Country Park - geograph.org.uk - 1961

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🌱 Visiting this spring

  • 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
  • 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
  • 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

Facilities

🅿️

Parking

1 nearby · 463m

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Playground

239m away

✦ Ancient✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
  • 🌳Large woodland — room to roam

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