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Hyde Park

20 ha

📷 Gerald England · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome20 ha

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53.45754, -2.07671

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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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· PaidPlaygroundToilets

Best for

10 activities

Family friendly

Very strong match

playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Rock Dove +69 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Playgrounds

Very strong match

playground, toilets, café, parking

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Rock Dove +69 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Red-tailed Bumblebee, Swollen-thighed Beetle +51 more · last seen 2026; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

15 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

🚴

Cycling

112 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

Named route

Ashton to Oldham GreenwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

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Mountain biking

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

Wildlife to spot

26,715 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

26,715 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
Great TitParus major2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
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

🦌

Mammals5 species

summer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

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

🌿

Plants11 species

summer

2025

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

26,715 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
Great TitParus major2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
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

🦌

Mammals5 species

summer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

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

🌿

Plants11 species

summer

2025

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

Photos

📷 Gerald England · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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