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🛝Family🧺Picnic🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome47 ha
Getting here
53.57378, -2.14632
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐕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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
9 activities🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Country park — designed for family visits
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park; Country park — good for group day out
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Dogs allowed — country park
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Rochdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef RochRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 10Walking route18.2 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 10 - Newhey to Littleborough
Named routeLength 18.2 kmRegional walking route
Oldham WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
GM Ringway Stage 9Walking route20.2 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 9 - Greenfield to Newhey
Named routeLength 20.2 kmRegional walking route
111 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oldham to Lees CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chadderton Coal and Mineral Yard branch cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 626Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 626National Cycle Network
Royton Branch CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Castleton Cycleway Phase OneCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Castleton Phase TwoCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km▾
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network
9 public paths nearby
Public paths
Oozewood Roadbridleway · 455 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 455 mSurface gravelPath type: unclassified
Thornham Lanebridleway · 133 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 133 mSurface unpavedPath type: unclassified
Oozewood Roadbridleway · 105 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 105 mSurface gravelPath type: unclassified
Oozewood Roadbridleway · 6 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 6 mSurface gravelPath type: unclassified
Oozewood Roadbridleway · 178 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 178 mSurface gravelPath type: unclassified
Photos
16 photos from nearby open sources
Tandle Hill Country Park stream footbridge
Photos
Tandle Hill Country Park stream footbridge
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
5,345 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,345 records · NBN AtlasWoodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Canada Goose
+33 more speciesHide species list
All 38 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Bat · Rabbit
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummer
2026Common Toad · Common Frog
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
20257-spot Ladybird · Trioza remota · Common Wasp · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Green Grasshopper
+11 more speciesHide species list
All 16 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Trioza remotaTrioza remota
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Red-legged Shieldbug
🌿Plants17 species
winterspring
2026Early Crocus · Beech · Welsh Poppy · Flowering Currant · Bittersweet
+12 more speciesHide species list
All 17 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
- BeechFagus sylvatica2025
- Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,345 records · NBN AtlasWoodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Canada Goose
+33 more speciesHide species list
All 38 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Bat · Rabbit
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummer
2026Common Toad · Common Frog
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
20257-spot Ladybird · Trioza remota · Common Wasp · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Green Grasshopper
+11 more speciesHide species list
All 16 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Trioza remotaTrioza remota
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Red-legged Shieldbug
🌿Plants17 species
winterspring
2026Early Crocus · Beech · Welsh Poppy · Flowering Currant · Bittersweet
+12 more speciesHide species list
All 17 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
- BeechFagus sylvatica2025
- Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pentatoma rufipes
Pentatoma rufipes
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrataGreen Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridulaGreen Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridulaChrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialisBroad CenturionChloromyia formosaBroad CenturionChloromyia formosaCinara (Cinara) confinisCinara (Cinara) confinisCinara (Cinara) confinisCinara (Cinara) confinisCtenicera cupreaCtenicera cupreaCtenicera cupreaCtenicera cuprea10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataLime AphidEucallipterus tiliaeLime AphidEucallipterus tiliaeMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Dotted Loosestrife
Dotted Loosestrife
Lysimachia punctata2025
Lysimachia punctata2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025Water-violetHottonia palustris2025Water-violetHottonia palustris2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum subsp. aquilinum2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum subsp. aquilinum2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2025SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2025