Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
53.47142, -2.22426
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦28+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rock Dove and Magpie
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕ARMR Store — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦28+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rock Dove and Magpie
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕ARMR Store — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Rock Dove, Magpie, Carrion Crow +25 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Rock Dove, Magpie, Carrion Crow +25 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Butterfly-bush, Daisy, Herb-Robert +42 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km16 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
326 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network
Greater Manchester regional route 85Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 85Regional cycle route
Broughton CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Media City LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
A6 alternate routeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 86Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 86Local cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
16,538 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,538 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Rock Dove · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Black-headed Gull +23
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus2025
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
🦌Mammals1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Dock Bug · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Varied Carpet Beetle · Vespula
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- VespulaVespula
🌿Plants44 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Butterfly-bush · Daisy · Herb-Robert · Yarrow · Hart's-Tongue +39
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- IvyHedera helix
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,538 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Rock Dove · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Black-headed Gull +23
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus2025
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
🦌Mammals1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Dock Bug · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Varied Carpet Beetle · Vespula
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- VespulaVespula
🌿Plants44 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Butterfly-bush · Daisy · Herb-Robert · Yarrow · Hart's-Tongue +39
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- IvyHedera helix
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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