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Holy Trinity Church

📷 Dave Kelly · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

53.55018, -2.11725

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 130m 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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 130m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Magpie +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Magpie +60 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Daisy, Groundsel, Ribwort Plantain +78 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Daisy, Groundsel, Ribwort Plantain +78 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Norellia spinipes, Rosemary Beetle, Froghopper +34 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Norellia spinipes, Rosemary Beetle, Froghopper +34 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Rochdale WayWalking route

Named routeRef RochRegional walking route

Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route

Named routeLocal 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

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Cycling

86 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

Route 92Cycling route

Named routeRef 92Regional cycle route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Tame Valley LoopMountain bike route29 km

Named routeRef AdvancedLength 29 kmLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

4,717 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,717 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow +60

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CootFulica atra2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Wood DuckAix sponsa2021
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
SwiftApus apus2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
BuzzardButeo buteo2022
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2022
SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
GoosanderMergus merganser2022
Mute SwanCygnus olor2021
RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2021

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Badger +1

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
BadgerMeles meles2024
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2022

🦎

Reptiles3 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Yellow-bellied Slider · Wall Lizard · Red-eared Terrapin

Yellow-bellied SliderTrachemys scripta subsp. scripta
Wall LizardPodarcis muralis2025
Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans2022

🐝

Insects37 species

springsummer

2026

Norellia spinipes · Rosemary Beetle · Froghopper · Tree Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +32

Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2025
FroghopperCercopidae2022
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2022
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Egle ciliataEgle ciliata
Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2025
EristalisEristalis2025
Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2024
Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024
Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2022
Invertebrates (Ants)Formicidae2022
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2022
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2022
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2022
Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2022
Psyllopsis fraxiniPsyllopsis fraxini2022
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2022

🌿

Plants81 species

summer

2025

Daisy · Groundsel · Ribwort Plantain · Japanese Rose · Field Wood-rush +76

DaisyBellis perennis2024
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris
Bush VetchVicia sepium2024
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2024
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
IvyHedera helix2022
Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2024
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2024
NipplewortLapsana communis2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024
Curled DockRumex crispus2024
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2024
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2024
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024
ButterburPetasites hybridus2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
HazelCorylus avellana2023
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2023
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2023
FritillaryFritillaria meleagris2023
Siberian SquillScilla siberica2023
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2022
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2022
St. John's-WortHypericum2022
ButtercupRanunculus2022
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2022
YewTaxus baccata2022
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2022
Common NettleUrtica dioica2022
DandelionTaraxacum2022
HollyIlex aquifolium2022
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2022
Common VetchVicia sativa2022
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2022
CleaversGalium aparine2022
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2022
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2022
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2022
Common ChickweedStellaria media2022
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2022
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022
Red CampionSilene dioica2022
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2022
TurnipBrassica rapa2022
Common BistortBistorta officinalis2022
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2022
Wild CherryPrunus avium2022
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2022
Thunberg's BarberryBerberis thunbergii2022
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,717 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow +60

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CootFulica atra2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Wood DuckAix sponsa2021
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
SwiftApus apus2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
BuzzardButeo buteo2022
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2022
SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
GoosanderMergus merganser2022
Mute SwanCygnus olor2021
RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2021

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Badger +1

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
BadgerMeles meles2024
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2022

🦎

Reptiles3 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Yellow-bellied Slider · Wall Lizard · Red-eared Terrapin

Yellow-bellied SliderTrachemys scripta subsp. scripta
Wall LizardPodarcis muralis2025
Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans2022

🐝

Insects37 species

springsummer

2026

Norellia spinipes · Rosemary Beetle · Froghopper · Tree Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +32

Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2025
FroghopperCercopidae2022
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2022
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Egle ciliataEgle ciliata
Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2025
EristalisEristalis2025
Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2024
Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024
Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2022
Invertebrates (Ants)Formicidae2022
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2022
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2022
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2022
Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2022
Psyllopsis fraxiniPsyllopsis fraxini2022
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2022

🌿

Plants81 species

summer

2025

Daisy · Groundsel · Ribwort Plantain · Japanese Rose · Field Wood-rush +76

DaisyBellis perennis2024
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris
Bush VetchVicia sepium2024
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2024
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
IvyHedera helix2022
Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2024
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2024
NipplewortLapsana communis2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024
Curled DockRumex crispus2024
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2024
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2024
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024
ButterburPetasites hybridus2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
HazelCorylus avellana2023
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2023
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2023
FritillaryFritillaria meleagris2023
Siberian SquillScilla siberica2023
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2022
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2022
St. John's-WortHypericum2022
ButtercupRanunculus2022
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2022
YewTaxus baccata2022
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2022
Common NettleUrtica dioica2022
DandelionTaraxacum2022
HollyIlex aquifolium2022
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2022
Common VetchVicia sativa2022
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2022
CleaversGalium aparine2022
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2022
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2022
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2022
Common ChickweedStellaria media2022
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2022
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022
Red CampionSilene dioica2022
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2022
TurnipBrassica rapa2022
Common BistortBistorta officinalis2022
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2022
Wild CherryPrunus avium2022
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2022
Thunberg's BarberryBerberis thunbergii2022
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Dave Kelly · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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