Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome31 ha
Getting here
53.42349, -2.22277
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Fog Lane Park Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Fog Lane Park Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +46 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +46 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Carder Bee, 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus ribesii +83 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km17 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Stockport to Silkstone Common)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Irwell Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
368 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network
Airport Orbital CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Greater Manchester regional route 85Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 85Regional cycle route
Airport City CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
A6 alternate routeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Errwood Road CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
45,778 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
45,778 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Magpie · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit +31
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects13 species
winterspring
2026▾
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Clarke's Mining Bee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Western Honey Bee · Early Bumblebee +8
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Holly · Lesser Celandine · Ivy · Daisy · Taxus baccata f. baccata +19
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- IvyHedera helix
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
45,778 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Magpie · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit +31
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects13 species
winterspring
2026▾
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Clarke's Mining Bee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Western Honey Bee · Early Bumblebee +8
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Holly · Lesser Celandine · Ivy · Daisy · Taxus baccata f. baccata +19
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- IvyHedera helix
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas