Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
53.45803, -2.07688
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ 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
- 🐦72+ 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· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Rock Dove +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Rock Dove +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Red-tailed Bumblebee, Swollen-thighed Beetle +51 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
Goyt WayWalking route16 km▾
Named routeLength 16 kmLocal 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
114 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 626Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 626National Cycle Network
Trans-Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TPTRegional cycle route
Ashton Canal CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Fallowfield LoopCycling route▾
Ashton to Oldham GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km▾
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network
Tame Valley LoopMountain bike route29 km▾
Named routeRef AdvancedLength 29 kmLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
26,712 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,712 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Blackbird · Starling +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Grey Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
🐝Insects8 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Cream-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Parent Bug · Common Green Grasshopper · Xylota segnis +3
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
Dame's-violet · Garden Privet · Japanese Knotweed · Purple Crane's-bill · Dotted Loosestrife +6
- Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis
- Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Purple Crane's-billGeranium ibericum x platypetalum = G. x magnificum
- Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata
- Billard's BridewortSpiraea alba x douglasii = S. x billardii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,712 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Blackbird · Starling +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Grey Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
🐝Insects8 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Cream-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Parent Bug · Common Green Grasshopper · Xylota segnis +3
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
Dame's-violet · Garden Privet · Japanese Knotweed · Purple Crane's-bill · Dotted Loosestrife +6
- Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis
- Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Purple Crane's-billGeranium ibericum x platypetalum = G. x magnificum
- Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata
- Billard's BridewortSpiraea alba x douglasii = S. x billardii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pink Purslane
Pink Purslane
Claytonia sibirica
Claytonia sibirica
BeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaGrey AlderAlnus incanaGrey AlderAlnus incanaGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria verna