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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome133 ha
Getting here
53.52095, -2.29807
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 280m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 280m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +54 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +54 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Syrphus +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Red Campion, Giant Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam +137 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Medlock Valley WayWalking route▾
Irwell Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Irwell Sculpture Trail (spur)Walking route▾
Rochdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef RochRegional walking route
Towpathpublic footpath · 20 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 20 mSurface compactedPath type: footway
Towpathpublic footpath · 433 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 433 mSurface compactedPath type: footway
135 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network
Port Salford GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Broughton CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Swinton GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 86Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 86Local cycle route
Irwell River ParkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Philips Park Waterdale TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Philips Park Figure 8 trailMountain bike route▾
Photos
Footbridge, Drinkwater Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
20,676 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,676 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Lesser Black-backed Gull +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus ribesii · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Green Grasshopper · Syrphus +30
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
🌿Plants50 species
springsummer
2026▾
Beech · Common Fleabane · Wood Anemone · Silver Birch · Great Horsetail +45
- BeechFagus sylvatica2025
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,676 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Lesser Black-backed Gull +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus ribesii · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Green Grasshopper · Syrphus +30
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
🌿Plants50 species
springsummer
2026▾
Beech · Common Fleabane · Wood Anemone · Silver Birch · Great Horsetail +45
- BeechFagus sylvatica2025
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataBlack ClockPterostichus madidusBlack ClockPterostichus madidusNebria brevicollisNebria brevicollisNebria brevicollisNebria brevicollisMelanostomaMelanostoma2025MelanostomaMelanostoma2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2025Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2025Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025ParhelophilusParhelophilus2025ParhelophilusParhelophilus2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum20252025
2025
Yellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris2025Yellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineusRumex sanguineus var. sanguineusRumex sanguineus var. sanguineusRumex sanguineus var. sanguineusButterburPetasites hybridusButterburPetasites hybridusPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorPortugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica2025Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2025Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Bullate CotoneasterCotoneaster rehderi2025Bullate CotoneasterCotoneaster rehderi2025Purple Viper's-buglossEchium plantagineum2025Purple Viper's-buglossEchium plantagineum2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Fringed Water-lilyNymphoides peltata2025Fringed Water-lilyNymphoides peltata2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Pheasant's-eyeAdonis annua2025Pheasant's-eyeAdonis annua2025Red OakQuercus rubra2025Red OakQuercus rubra2025Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2025Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium2025Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Tulip-treeLiriodendron tulipifera2025Tulip-treeLiriodendron tulipifera2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Rose CampionSilene coronaria2025Rose CampionSilene coronaria2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025Events & activities nearby
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