Plan your visit
🛝Family🦅Birds🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.55471, -2.15872
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ 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
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦60+ 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
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Canada Goose +57 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Canada Goose +57 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Red Campion, Early Crocus, Welsh Poppy +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Rochdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef RochRegional walking route
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Oldham WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
GM Ringway Stage 9Walking route20.2 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 9 - Greenfield to Newhey
Named routeLength 20.2 kmRegional walking route
86 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network
Oldham to Lees CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chadderton Coal and Mineral Yard branch cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 626Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 626National Cycle Network
Royton Branch CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Castleton Cycleway Phase OneCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Chadderton Foldbridleway · 59 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 59 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Scowcroft Lanebridleway · 216 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 216 mPath type: track
Photos
River Irk, Chadderton Hall Park
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Wildlife to spot
8,783 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,783 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Canada Goose · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Common Wasp · 7-spot Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
🌿Plants19 species
winterspring
2026▾
Early Crocus · Welsh Poppy · Flowering Currant · Japanese Rose · Hemp-agrimony +14
- Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
- Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,783 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Canada Goose · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Common Wasp · 7-spot Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
🌿Plants19 species
winterspring
2026▾
Early Crocus · Welsh Poppy · Flowering Currant · Japanese Rose · Hemp-agrimony +14
- Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
- Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum subsp. aquilinum2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum subsp. aquilinum2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025BulrushTypha latifolia2025BulrushTypha latifolia2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2025SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2025