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Brinnington Evangelical Church

📷 Gerald England · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

53.42802, -2.13550

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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
☕1st Stop Cafe — 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
☕1st Stop Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParkingPlayground

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Rock Dove +67 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Rock Dove +67 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, café, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, café

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Hogweed, White Clover, Common Ragwort +59 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Hogweed, White Clover, Common Ragwort +59 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Syrphus ribesii +45 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Syrphus ribesii +45 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route

GM Ringway Stage 6Walking route13.4 km

GM Ringway Stage 6 - Strines to Marple

Named routeLength 13.4 kmRegional walking route

Ladybrook Valley Interest TrailWalking route

Named route

Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Stockport to Silkstone Common)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

221 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 60Cycling route

Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network

Alan Newton WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Audenshaw Ashton LinkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

A6 alternate routeCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Errwood Road CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

NCN Route 62Cycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

41,052 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

41,052 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds73 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Mallard · Rock Dove · Magpie · Canada Goose +68

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CootFulica atra2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Great TitParus major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
TealAnas crecca
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
SwiftApus apus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Sylvia atricapilla atricapillaSylvia atricapilla atricapilla2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025

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Mammals3 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · American Mink · Mole

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
American MinkNeovison vison
MoleTalpa europaea

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Red-eared Terrapin

Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans

🐸

Amphibians3 species

springsummer

2025

Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria
Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects48 species

summer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus ribesii · Common Carder Bee · Melanostoma scalare +43

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
BumblebeeBombus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
Social Pear SpinnerNeurotoma saltuum2025
Leucozona laternariaLeucozona laternaria2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025
Brown Leaf WeevilPhyllobius oblongus2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2025
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum/terrestris/magnus/cryptarum2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Trioza remotaTrioza remota2025
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025
Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2025

🌿

Plants65 species

summerautumn

2026

Hogweed · White Clover · Common Ragwort · Creeping Buttercup · Salmonberry +60

HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
SalmonberryRubus spectabilis2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025
Bush VetchVicia sepium2025
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata2025
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2025
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
GorseUlex europaeus2025
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2025
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025
Fringed Water-lilyNymphoides peltata2025
Purple Crane's-billGeranium ibericum x platypetalum = G. x magnificum2025
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025
Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2025
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Common BistortBistorta officinalis2025
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025
Many-flowered RoseRosa multiflora2025
BroomCytisus scoparius2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025
Rosa caninaRosa canina2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025
RaspberryRubus idaeus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

41,052 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds73 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Mallard · Rock Dove · Magpie · Canada Goose +68

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CootFulica atra2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Great TitParus major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
TealAnas crecca
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
SwiftApus apus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Sylvia atricapilla atricapillaSylvia atricapilla atricapilla2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · American Mink · Mole

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
American MinkNeovison vison
MoleTalpa europaea

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Red-eared Terrapin

Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans

🐸

Amphibians3 species

springsummer

2025

Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria
Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects48 species

summer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus ribesii · Common Carder Bee · Melanostoma scalare +43

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
BumblebeeBombus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
Social Pear SpinnerNeurotoma saltuum2025
Leucozona laternariaLeucozona laternaria2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025
Brown Leaf WeevilPhyllobius oblongus2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2025
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum/terrestris/magnus/cryptarum2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Trioza remotaTrioza remota2025
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025
Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2025

🌿

Plants65 species

summerautumn

2026

Hogweed · White Clover · Common Ragwort · Creeping Buttercup · Salmonberry +60

HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
SalmonberryRubus spectabilis2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025
Bush VetchVicia sepium2025
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata2025
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2025
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
GorseUlex europaeus2025
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2025
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025
Fringed Water-lilyNymphoides peltata2025
Purple Crane's-billGeranium ibericum x platypetalum = G. x magnificum2025
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025
Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2025
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Common BistortBistorta officinalis2025
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025
Many-flowered RoseRosa multiflora2025
BroomCytisus scoparius2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025
Rosa caninaRosa canina2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025
RaspberryRubus idaeus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Gerald England · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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