Plan your visit
🦅 Birds🧺 Picnic🛝 Family
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 20 ha
Getting here
53.43655, -2.19101
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rock Dove 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🛝 Playground 143m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rock Dove 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🛝 Playground 143m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🅿️ Parking🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Magpie +40 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Magpie +40 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 2-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Common Carder Bee +164 more · last seen 2026; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires Way Walking route 370 km ▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named route Length 370 km Regional walking route
Show on map Ladybrook Valley Interest Trail Walking route ▾
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Trans-Pennine Trail (Stockport to Silkstone Common) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Cheshire Ring Canal Walk Walking route ▾
349 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 60 National Cycle Network
Show on map Greater Manchester regional route 85 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 85 Regional cycle route
Show on map Alan Newton Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Audenshaw Ashton Link Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map A6 alternate route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 86 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 86 Local cycle route
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Weather for this location Next 14 days Nearby places Useful places within 5 km
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Wildlife to spot
23,756 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 23,756 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 26 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Magpie +21
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 White Stork Ciconia ciconia2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Eristalis tenax · Syrphus ribesii · Common Carder Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Green Shieldbug +29
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii2025 Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2025 Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025 Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Creeping Thistle · Ivy · Hazel · Bittersweet · Flowering Currant +36
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2025 Ivy Hedera helix Hazel Corylus avellana Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara2025 Flowering Currant Ribes sanguineum White Dead-nettle Lamium album Dandelion Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 23,756 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 26 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Magpie +21
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 White Stork Ciconia ciconia2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Eristalis tenax · Syrphus ribesii · Common Carder Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Green Shieldbug +29
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii2025 Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2025 Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025 Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Creeping Thistle · Ivy · Hazel · Bittersweet · Flowering Currant +36
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2025 Ivy Hedera helix Hazel Corylus avellana Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara2025 Flowering Currant Ribes sanguineum White Dead-nettle Lamium album Dandelion Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
7-spot Ladybird
7-spot Ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata2025
Coccinella septempunctata2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis2025
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis2025
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
Bombus terrestris subsp. audax Bombus terrestris subsp. audax
Bombus terrestris subsp. audax Bombus terrestris subsp. audax
Ocys harpaloides/tachysoides Ocys harpaloides/tachysoides
Ocys harpaloides/tachysoides Ocys harpaloides/tachysoides
Pterostichus melanarius Pterostichus melanarius
Pterostichus melanarius Pterostichus melanarius
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)2025
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)2025
Ectopsocus petersi Ectopsocus petersi2025
Ectopsocus petersi Ectopsocus petersi2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Common Water-Boatman Notonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025
Common Water-Boatman Notonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2025
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus2025
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Nemopoda nitidula Nemopoda nitidula2025
Nemopoda nitidula Nemopoda nitidula2025 Taraxacum2025
Taraxacum2025
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025
Smooth Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus2025
Smooth Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus2025
Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium officinale2025
Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium officinale2025
Marsh Woundwort Stachys palustris2025
Marsh Woundwort Stachys palustris2025
Gypsywort Lycopus europaeus2025
Gypsywort Lycopus europaeus2025
Thale Cress Arabidopsis thaliana
Thale Cress Arabidopsis thaliana
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens2025
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens2025
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur2025
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur2025
Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum2025
Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum2025
Ash Fraxinus excelsior2025
Ash Fraxinus excelsior2025
Elder Sambucus nigra2025
Elder Sambucus nigra2025
Bulrush Typha latifolia2025
Bulrush Typha latifolia2025
Bristly Oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides2025
Bristly Oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides2025
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare2025
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare2025
Broom Cytisus scoparius2025
Broom Cytisus scoparius2025
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara2025
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara2025
Nipplewort Lapsana communis2025
Nipplewort Lapsana communis2025
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii2025
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii2025
Lesser Water-parsnip Berula erecta2025
Lesser Water-parsnip Berula erecta2025
Yarrow Achillea millefolium2025
Yarrow Achillea millefolium2025
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia2025
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia2025
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense2025
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense2025
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2025
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2025
Daisy Bellis perennis2025
Daisy Bellis perennis2025
Large Bindweed Calystegia silvatica2025
Large Bindweed Calystegia silvatica2025
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum2025
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum2025
Red Bartsia Odontites vernus2025
Red Bartsia Odontites vernus2025
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris2025
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris2025
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025
Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium2025
Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium2025
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum2025
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum2025
Soapwort Saponaria officinalis2025
Soapwort Saponaria officinalis2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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