🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.43832, -2.27762
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕On The Corner — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕On The Corner — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +59 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Groundsel, Red Dead-nettle, Hawthorn +24 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Groundsel, Red Dead-nettle, Hawthorn +24 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ladybrook Valley Interest TrailWalking route▾
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Medlock Valley WayWalking route▾
Irwell Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Irwell Sculpture Trail (spur)Walking route▾
386 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
Airport City CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Media City LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Link between Trans-Pennine Trail and Bridgewater WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Urmston-Ashton cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
81,999 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
81,999 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Great Tit · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Coal Tit +44
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects5 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Carder Bee · Tree Bumblebee · Orange Ladybird · Bombus terrestris subsp. audax · Harlequin Ladybird
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Bombus terrestris subsp. audaxBombus terrestris subsp. audax
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Groundsel · Red Dead-nettle · Lesser Celandine · Slender Speedwell · Marsh-marigold +13
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- HornbeamCarpinus betulus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
81,999 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Great Tit · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Coal Tit +44
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects5 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Carder Bee · Tree Bumblebee · Orange Ladybird · Bombus terrestris subsp. audax · Harlequin Ladybird
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Bombus terrestris subsp. audaxBombus terrestris subsp. audax
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Groundsel · Red Dead-nettle · Lesser Celandine · Slender Speedwell · Marsh-marigold +13
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- HornbeamCarpinus betulus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
