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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome26 ha
Getting here
53.56031, -2.18741
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 135m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 135m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Canada Goose +60 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Canada Goose +60 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Coltsfoot, Cow Parsley, Rosebay Willowherb +34 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Azure Damselfly, Crossocerus, Mining bee +15 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rochdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef RochRegional walking route
Oldham WayWalking route▾
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72 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network
Chadderton Coal and Mineral Yard branch cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Harry Hill CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Royton Branch CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Castleton Cycleway Phase OneCycling route▾
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Castleton Phase TwoCycling route▾
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Photos
Boarshaw Community Primary School, Middleton
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
27,574 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
27,574 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterspring
2026▾
Canada Goose · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow +40
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2025▾
Mole · Roe Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🌿Plants11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Coltsfoot · Smooth Sow-thistle · Japanese Rose · Red Valerian · Black Medick +6
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,574 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterspring
2026▾
Canada Goose · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow +40
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2025▾
Mole · Roe Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🌿Plants11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Coltsfoot · Smooth Sow-thistle · Japanese Rose · Red Valerian · Black Medick +6
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hemp-agrimony
Hemp-agrimony
Eupatorium cannabinum
Eupatorium cannabinum
Goat WillowSalix capreaGoat WillowSalix capreaFritillaryFritillaria meleagrisFritillaryFritillaria meleagrisPink PurslaneClaytonia sibiricaPink PurslaneClaytonia sibiricaWood-sorrelOxalis acetosellaWood-sorrelOxalis acetosella