Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.39199, -2.35403
Open directionsv
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 on site — 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 on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Bollin Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Warrington to Ashton-upon-Mersey)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Ashton-upon-Mersey to Stockport)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 1Walking route11.7 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 1 - St Peter's Square to Sale Water Park
Named routeLength 11.7 kmRegional walking route
100 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
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
Urmston-Ashton cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Irlam & Cadishead CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef ICCLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
16,005 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,005 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Blackbird · Blue Tit +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CootFulica atra
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Bat · Common Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- BatChiroptera
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Eristalis tenax · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Harlequin Ladybird · Yellow Meadow Ant +15
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,005 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Blackbird · Blue Tit +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CootFulica atra
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Bat · Common Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- BatChiroptera
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Eristalis tenax · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Harlequin Ladybird · Yellow Meadow Ant +15
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
