Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
53.45162, -1.95545
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Jackdaw
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Jackdaw
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Robin +59 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Robin +59 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Maidenhair Spleenwort, Wall-rue, Black Spleenwort +14 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tameside Trail (East - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pennine Way (Edale to Crowden)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Pennine Way (Crowden to Standedge)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Charlesworth alternative route)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Trans-Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TPTRegional cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Longdendale TrailCycling route▾
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
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
81,083 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
81,083 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Robin · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Mallard +42
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Oligotricha striata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Oligotricha striataOligotricha striata
Wall-rue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Honeysuckle · Sycamore · Yellow Archangel +12
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
81,083 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Robin · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Mallard +42
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Oligotricha striata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Oligotricha striataOligotricha striata
Wall-rue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Honeysuckle · Sycamore · Yellow Archangel +12
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
