Plan your visit
🛝Family🧺Picnic🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome35 ha
Getting here
53.46007, -2.15567
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ 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
- 🐦71+ 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· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Rock Dove +68 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Rock Dove +68 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis tenax, Green Shieldbug, Common Carder Bee +34 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 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
Etherow - Goyt Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Oldham WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Stockport to Silkstone Common)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
229 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 626Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 626National Cycle Network
NCN Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Ashton Canal CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Heatons Cycle LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Fallowfield LoopCycling route▾
Photos
Dog Walking in Debdale Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
17,870 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,870 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Black-headed Gull +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great TitParus major
- CootFulica atra2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Carder Bee · Eristalis tenax · Syrphus ribesii · Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird +8
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus
Creeping Thistle · Herb-Robert · Wall-rue · Bittersweet · Smooth Sow-thistle +31
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,870 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Black-headed Gull +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great TitParus major
- CootFulica atra2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Carder Bee · Eristalis tenax · Syrphus ribesii · Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird +8
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus
Creeping Thistle · Herb-Robert · Wall-rue · Bittersweet · Smooth Sow-thistle +31
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Nemopoda nitidulaNemopoda nitidula2025Nemopoda nitidulaNemopoda nitidula20252025
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Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025DandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumThale CressArabidopsis thalianaThale CressArabidopsis thalianaTurnipBrassica rapaTurnipBrassica rapaShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025BulrushTypha latifolia2025BulrushTypha latifolia2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025BroomCytisus scoparius2025BroomCytisus scoparius2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Lesser Water-parsnipBerula erecta2025Lesser Water-parsnipBerula erecta2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025SoapwortSaponaria officinalis2025SoapwortSaponaria officinalis2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Events & activities nearby
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