Plan your visit
🛝Family🦅Birds🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome34 ha
Getting here
53.45141, -2.24910
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rock Dove
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Bembe Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rock Dove
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Bembe Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Magpie +50 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Magpie +50 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Carder Bee, 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +50 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Medlock Valley WayWalking route▾
Irwell Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Irwell Sculpture Trail (spur)Walking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Ashton-upon-Mersey to Stockport)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
408 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
NCN Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Irwell River ParkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Ashton Canal CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Stretford CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chorlton CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
34,222 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
34,222 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Robin · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Moorhen +32
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- CootFulica atra
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Feral Cat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐝Insects9 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Eristalis pertinax · Dock Bug · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Bombus terrestris subsp. audax · Vespula +4
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Bombus terrestris subsp. audaxBombus terrestris subsp. audax
- VespulaVespula
- Cream-spot Ladybird
🌿Plants33 species
winterspring
2026▾
Groundsel · Daisy · Ash · Shepherd's-purse · Lesser Celandine +28
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- DaisyBellis perennis
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
34,222 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Robin · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Moorhen +32
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- CootFulica atra
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Feral Cat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐝Insects9 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Eristalis pertinax · Dock Bug · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Bombus terrestris subsp. audax · Vespula +4
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Bombus terrestris subsp. audaxBombus terrestris subsp. audax
- VespulaVespula
- Cream-spot Ladybird
🌿Plants33 species
winterspring
2026▾
Groundsel · Daisy · Ash · Shepherd's-purse · Lesser Celandine +28
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- DaisyBellis perennis
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Calvia quattuordecimguttata2025
Calvia quattuordecimguttata2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Springbeauty
Springbeauty
Claytonia perfoliata
Claytonia perfoliata
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaDanish ScurvygrassCochlearia danicaDanish ScurvygrassCochlearia danicaRue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylitesRue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylitesWrinkled ViburnumViburnum rhytidophyllumWrinkled ViburnumViburnum rhytidophyllumDarwin's BarberryBerberis darwiniiDarwin's BarberryBerberis darwiniiYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformisSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformisLesser PeriwinkleVinca minorLesser PeriwinkleVinca minorCorsican HelleboreHelleborus argutifoliusCorsican HelleboreHelleborus argutifoliusHornbeamCarpinus betulusHornbeamCarpinus betulusGorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusSilver BirchBetula pendulaSilver BirchBetula pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaChinese QuinceChaenomeles speciosaChinese QuinceChaenomeles speciosaHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixWinter AconiteEranthis hyemalisWinter AconiteEranthis hyemalisEvergreen SpindleEuonymus japonicusEvergreen SpindleEuonymus japonicusCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusSnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025Bear's-breechAcanthus mollis2025Bear's-breechAcanthus mollis2025Events & activities nearby
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