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Getting here
53.52370, -2.11850
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ 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
- ☕EMZ — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ 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
- ☕EMZ — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Rock Dove +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Rock Dove +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Batman Hoverfly, Syritta pipiens, Eristalis tenax +95 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hart's-Tongue, Common Ragwort, Thale Cress +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Medlock Valley WayWalking route▾
Rochdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef RochRegional walking route
Manchester Green Trail 1Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
96 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network
Audenshaw Ashton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Oldham to Lees CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chadderton Coal and Mineral Yard branch cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Stalybridge & Diggle Loop LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 626Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 626National Cycle Network
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Tame Valley LoopMountain bike route29 km▾
Named routeRef AdvancedLength 29 kmLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
13,928 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,928 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Magpie · Moorhen · Rock Dove · Canada Goose +44
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Mole · Hedgehog
- MoleTalpa europaea
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Yellow-bellied Slider
- Yellow-bellied SliderTrachemys scripta subsp. scripta
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects30 species
springsummer
2026▾
Norellia spinipes · Syrphus ribesii · Hairy Shieldbug · Black Snipefly · Eristalis pertinax +25
- Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Hart's-Tongue · Wall-rue · Pedunculate Oak · Common Ragwort · Thale Cress +17
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
- Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2025
- RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,928 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Magpie · Moorhen · Rock Dove · Canada Goose +44
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Mole · Hedgehog
- MoleTalpa europaea
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Yellow-bellied Slider
- Yellow-bellied SliderTrachemys scripta subsp. scripta
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects30 species
springsummer
2026▾
Norellia spinipes · Syrphus ribesii · Hairy Shieldbug · Black Snipefly · Eristalis pertinax +25
- Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Hart's-Tongue · Wall-rue · Pedunculate Oak · Common Ragwort · Thale Cress +17
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
- Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2025
- RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax2025
Eristalis tenax2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Patchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularis2025Patchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularis2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Egle ciliataEgle ciliataEgle ciliataEgle ciliataTree BumblebeeBombus hypnorumTree BumblebeeBombus hypnorumBuff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestrisBuff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestrisRed-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidariusRed-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidariusEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaEarly BumblebeeBombus pratorumEarly BumblebeeBombus pratorumPterostichus nigerPterostichus nigerPterostichus nigerPterostichus nigerCordilura albipesCordilura albipes2025Cordilura albipesCordilura albipes2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025Harmonia axyridis form conspicuaHarmonia axyridis form conspicua2025Harmonia axyridis form conspicuaHarmonia axyridis form conspicua2025Pterostichus melanariusPterostichus melanarius2025Pterostichus melanariusPterostichus melanarius2025Norellisoma spinimanumNorellisoma spinimanum2025Norellisoma spinimanumNorellisoma spinimanum2025Hilara mauraHilara maura2025Hilara mauraHilara maura2025Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica2025Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2025Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025Bird CherryPrunus padus2025Bird CherryPrunus padus2025Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum2025Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum2025Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025ButterburPetasites hybridus2025ButterburPetasites hybridus2025