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⛳Golf
Paid entryDogs welcome17 ha
Getting here
53.38615, -2.20474
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 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
Trans-Pennine Trail (Stockport to Silkstone Common)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Ashton-upon-Mersey to Stockport)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 2Walking route10.5 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 2 - Sale Water Park to Didsbury Village
Named routeLength 10.5 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 3Walking route11.7 km▾
Named routeLength 11.7 kmRegional walking route
245 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Airport Orbital CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Greater Manchester regional route 85Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 85Regional cycle route
Airport City CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
A6 alternate routeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Errwood Road CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Heritage LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef Heritage LoopLocal cycle route
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
49,709 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
49,709 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Great Tit · Robin · Magpie · Mallard +21
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects6 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Earwig · Marmalade Hoverfly · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Pterostichus niger · 7-spot Ladybird +1
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Smoky Bracket · Netted Crust · Turkeytail · Erythricium aurantiacum · Jelly Ear +77
- Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
- Netted CrustByssomerulius corium
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Erythricium aurantiacumErythricium aurantiacum
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- King Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentrica
- Witch's Butter
Wood Avens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
49,709 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Great Tit · Robin · Magpie · Mallard +21
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects6 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Earwig · Marmalade Hoverfly · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Pterostichus niger · 7-spot Ladybird +1
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Smoky Bracket · Netted Crust · Turkeytail · Erythricium aurantiacum · Jelly Ear +77
- Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
- Netted CrustByssomerulius corium
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Erythricium aurantiacumErythricium aurantiacum
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- King Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentrica
- Witch's Butter
Wood Avens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Exidia glandulosa
Exidia glandulosa
Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutumHairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutumCommon Orange LichenXanthoria parietinaCommon Orange LichenXanthoria parietinaBeechmast CandlesnuffXylaria carpophilaBeechmast CandlesnuffXylaria carpophilaAmber JellyExidia recisaAmber JellyExidia recisaPeniophora limitataPeniophora limitataPeniophora limitataPeniophora limitataPeeling OysterlingCrepidotus mollisPeeling OysterlingCrepidotus mollisScurfy TwigletTubaria furfuraceaScurfy TwigletTubaria furfuraceaCrystal BrainExidia nucleataCrystal BrainExidia nucleataBotryobasidium aureumBotryobasidium aureumBotryobasidium aureumBotryobasidium aureumBluebell RustUromyces hyacinthiBluebell RustUromyces hyacinthiDead Moll's FingersXylaria longipesDead Moll's FingersXylaria longipesCoral SpotNectria cinnabarinaCoral SpotNectria cinnabarinaOak CrustPeniophora quercinaOak CrustPeniophora quercinaWood OysterlingDeconica horizontalisWood OysterlingDeconica horizontalisYellowing Curtain CrustStereum subtomentosumYellowing Curtain CrustStereum subtomentosumBleeding Broadleaf CrustStereum rugosumBleeding Broadleaf CrustStereum rugosumPhaeotremella frondosaPhaeotremella frondosaPhaeotremella frondosaPhaeotremella frondosaJelly RotPhlebia tremellosaJelly RotPhlebia tremellosaMelampsora allii-populinaMelampsora allii-populinaMelampsora allii-populinaMelampsora allii-populinaEntyloma ficariaeEntyloma ficariaeEntyloma ficariaeEntyloma ficariaeAntherospora hortensisAntherospora hortensisAntherospora hortensisAntherospora hortensisLiverwort NavelLoreleia marchantiaeLiverwort NavelLoreleia marchantiaePoplar BellsSchizophyllum amplumPoplar BellsSchizophyllum amplumGlistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceusGlistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceusWillow BracketPhellinus igniariusWillow BracketPhellinus igniariusLumpy BracketTrametes gibbosaLumpy BracketTrametes gibbosaNeosetophoma samarorumNeosetophoma samarorumNeosetophoma samarorumNeosetophoma samarorumPhyscia tenellaPhyscia tenellaPhyscia tenellaPhyscia tenellaBrittle CinderKretzschmaria deustaBrittle CinderKretzschmaria deustaRamalina farinaceaRamalina farinaceaRamalina farinaceaRamalina farinaceaPalamino CupPeziza repandaPalamino CupPeziza repandaParmotrema perlatumParmotrema perlatumParmotrema perlatumParmotrema perlatumPunctelia subrudecta s. lat.Punctelia subrudecta s. lat.Punctelia subrudecta s. lat.Punctelia subrudecta s. lat.Diaporthe samaricolaDiaporthe samaricolaDiaporthe samaricolaDiaporthe samaricolaLaxitextum bicolorLaxitextum bicolorLaxitextum bicolorLaxitextum bicolorSalad Burnet RustPhragmidium sanguisorbaeSalad Burnet RustPhragmidium sanguisorbaeSmall Moss OysterlingArrhenia retirugaSmall Moss OysterlingArrhenia retirugaBrown CupRutstroemia firmaBrown CupRutstroemia firmaClypeosphaeria mamillanaClypeosphaeria mamillanaClypeosphaeria mamillanaClypeosphaeria mamillanaSnowy DiscoLachnum virgineumSnowy DiscoLachnum virgineumCoesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipesCoesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipesIvy ParachuteMarasmius epiphylloidesIvy ParachuteMarasmius epiphylloidesPuccinia lapsanaePuccinia lapsanaePuccinia lapsanaePuccinia lapsanaeBirch WoodwartJackrogersella multiformisBirch WoodwartJackrogersella multiformisCandlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylonCandlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylonRhododendron BristlebudSeifertia azaleaeRhododendron BristlebudSeifertia azaleaeEutypella scopariaEutypella scopariaEutypella scopariaEutypella scopariaDaisy RustPuccinia lagenophoraeDaisy RustPuccinia lagenophoraeTear DropperCylindrobasidium laeveTear DropperCylindrobasidium laeveYellow BrainTremella mesentericaYellow BrainTremella mesentericaStump PuffballApioperdon pyriformeStump PuffballApioperdon pyriformeElder WhitewashXylodon sambuciElder WhitewashXylodon sambuciMycena pseudocorticolaMycena pseudocorticolaMycena pseudocorticolaMycena pseudocorticolaCushion BracketPhellinus pomaceusCushion BracketPhellinus pomaceusNeodasyscypha cerinaNeodasyscypha cerinaNeodasyscypha cerinaNeodasyscypha cerinaSycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinumSycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinumScarlet ElfcupSarcoscypha austriacaScarlet ElfcupSarcoscypha austriacaRush DiscoLachnum apalumRush DiscoLachnum apalumPhyscia adscendensPhyscia adscendensPhyscia adscendensPhyscia adscendensHypoxylon intermediumHypoxylon intermediumHypoxylon intermediumHypoxylon intermediumXanthoriicola physciaeXanthoriicola physciaeXanthoriicola physciaeXanthoriicola physciaeCommon Jelly SpotDacrymyces stillatusCommon Jelly SpotDacrymyces stillatusPhyscia aipoliaPhyscia aipoliaPhyscia aipoliaPhyscia aipoliaCommon MazegillDatronia mollisCommon MazegillDatronia mollisOak MossEvernia prunastriOak MossEvernia prunastriStictis stellataStictis stellataStictis stellataStictis stellataMoss EarChromocyphella muscicolaMoss EarChromocyphella muscicolaBark BonnetPhloeomana speireaBark BonnetPhloeomana speireaFragrant FunnelClitocybe fragransFragrant FunnelClitocybe fragransTorth FelenHypholoma fasciculareTorth FelenHypholoma fasciculareRazor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulinaRazor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulinaCrimped GillPlicatura crispaCrimped GillPlicatura crispaBracken MapRhopographus filicinusBracken MapRhopographus filicinusHazel WoodwartHypoxylon fuscumHazel WoodwartHypoxylon fuscumField BlewitsLepista saevaField BlewitsLepista saeva