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Highfield Park

9 ha

📷 Trevor Harris · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha

Getting here

53.37220, -2.19757

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground 201m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground 201m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPicnic spotPlayground

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit +54 more · last seen 2026

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Marmalade Hoverfly, Hawthorn Shieldbug +50 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Marmalade Hoverfly, Hawthorn Shieldbug +50 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

12 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

Trans-Pennine Trail (Stockport to Silkstone Common)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Ashton-upon-Mersey to Stockport)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

GM Ringway Stage 2Walking route10.5 km

GM Ringway Stage 2 - Sale Water Park to Didsbury Village

Named routeLength 10.5 kmRegional walking route

GM Ringway Stage 3Walking route11.7 km

Named routeLength 11.7 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

188 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Heritage LoopCycling route

Named routeRef Heritage LoopLocal cycle route

NCN Route 62Cycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

30,679 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

30,679 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds43 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Nuthatch +38

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
NuthatchSitta europaea
DunnockPrunella modularis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects4 species

spring

2026

Common Earwig · Marmalade Hoverfly · Hawthorn Shieldbug · 2-spot Ladybird

Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

30,679 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds43 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Nuthatch +38

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
NuthatchSitta europaea
DunnockPrunella modularis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects4 species

spring

2026

Common Earwig · Marmalade Hoverfly · Hawthorn Shieldbug · 2-spot Ladybird

Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Trevor Harris · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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