Albion United Reformed Church
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.48772, -2.08688
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rock Dove
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 215m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rock Dove
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 215m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Magpie +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Magpie +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Netted Crust, Coral Spot, Hypoxylon petriniae +83 more · last seen 2025
Varies
Grade II* listed building: ALBION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Black Spleenwort, Wood Avens +49 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Medlock Valley WayWalking route▾
Fred Perry WayWalking route▾
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Oldham WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
116 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network
Audenshaw Ashton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Stalybridge & Diggle Loop LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 626Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 626National Cycle Network
Ashton Canal CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Saddleworth LinearCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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
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Albion United Reformed Church, Ashton-Under-Lyne
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Wildlife to spot
10,788 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,788 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Blue Tit +39
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Syrphus
Netted Crust · Silver Leaf Disease · Smoky Bracket · Coesyn Melfed · Jelly Ear +46
- Netted CrustByssomerulius corium
- Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum
- Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
- Coesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipes
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Peeling OysterlingCrepidotus mollis
- Yellow Brain
Black Spleenwort · Ivy · Wood Avens · Ribwort Plantain · Holly +1
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- IvyHedera helix
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,788 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Blue Tit +39
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Syrphus
Netted Crust · Silver Leaf Disease · Smoky Bracket · Coesyn Melfed · Jelly Ear +46
- Netted CrustByssomerulius corium
- Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum
- Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
- Coesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipes
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Peeling OysterlingCrepidotus mollis
- Yellow Brain
Black Spleenwort · Ivy · Wood Avens · Ribwort Plantain · Holly +1
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- IvyHedera helix
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Tremella mesenterica
Tremella mesenterica
Coral SpotNectria cinnabarinaCoral SpotNectria cinnabarinaElder WhitewashXylodon sambuciElder WhitewashXylodon sambuciAmber JellyExidia recisaAmber JellyExidia recisaTurkeytailTrametes versicolorTurkeytailTrametes versicolorBrittle CinderKretzschmaria deustaBrittle CinderKretzschmaria deustaGanoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersumPhyscia aipoliaPhyscia aipoliaPhyscia aipoliaPhyscia aipoliaBlushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosaBlushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosaStump PuffballApioperdon pyriformeStump PuffballApioperdon pyriformeOak MossEvernia prunastriOak MossEvernia prunastriSplitgillSchizophyllum communeSplitgillSchizophyllum communeWinter PolyporeLentinus brumalisWinter PolyporeLentinus brumalisPeniophora laetaPeniophora laeta2025Peniophora laetaPeniophora laeta2025Diaporthe samaricolaDiaporthe samaricola2025Diaporthe samaricolaDiaporthe samaricola2025Iodine BonnetMycena filopes2025Iodine BonnetMycena filopes2025Common Jelly SpotDacrymyces stillatus2025Common Jelly SpotDacrymyces stillatus2025Frosty BonnetMycena tenerrima2025Frosty BonnetMycena tenerrima2025Snowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus2025Snowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus2025Roundspored OysterlingCrepidotus cesatii2025Roundspored OysterlingCrepidotus cesatii2025Beechmast CandlesnuffXylaria carpophila2025Beechmast CandlesnuffXylaria carpophila2025Clustered DomecapLyophyllum decastes2025Clustered DomecapLyophyllum decastes2025Crystal BrainExidia nucleata2025Crystal BrainExidia nucleata2025Violet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceum2025Violet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceum2025Hypoxylon intermediumHypoxylon intermedium2025Hypoxylon intermediumHypoxylon intermedium2025Hymenoscyphus caudatusHymenoscyphus caudatus2025Hymenoscyphus caudatusHymenoscyphus caudatus2025Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum2025Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum2025Tear DropperCylindrobasidium laeve2025Tear DropperCylindrobasidium laeve2025Grey CoralClavulina cinerea2025Grey CoralClavulina cinerea2025Ashen CrustPeniophora lycii2025Ashen CrustPeniophora lycii2025Razor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulina2025Razor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulina2025Angel's BonnetMycena arcangeliana2025Angel's BonnetMycena arcangeliana2025Bleeding Oak CrustStereum gausapatum2025Bleeding Oak CrustStereum gausapatum2025Yellow ClubClavulinopsis helvola2025Yellow ClubClavulinopsis helvola2025Poplar BracketOxyporus populinus2025Poplar BracketOxyporus populinus2025Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2025Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2025Hazel WoodwartHypoxylon fuscum2025Hazel WoodwartHypoxylon fuscum2025Yellowing KnightTricholoma scalpturatum2025Yellowing KnightTricholoma scalpturatum2025Neosetophoma samarorumNeosetophoma samarorum2025Neosetophoma samarorumNeosetophoma samarorum2025Script LichenGraphis scripta s. lat.2025Script LichenGraphis scripta s. lat.2025Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2025Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2025Hypoxylon petriniaeHypoxylon petriniae2025Hypoxylon petriniaeHypoxylon petriniae2025White SaddleHelvella crispa2025White SaddleHelvella crispa2025Mycena pseudocorticolaMycena pseudocorticola2025Mycena pseudocorticolaMycena pseudocorticola2025Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum2025Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum2025