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King George's Playing Field

6 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rock Dove
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 311m away — 8 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rock Dove
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 311m away — 8 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Magpie +70 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Magpie +70 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Blackthorn, Black Spleenwort, Greater Plantain +34 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Blackthorn, Black Spleenwort, Greater Plantain +34 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates; Insects — Syrphus, Green Shieldbug, Western Conifer Seed Bug +25 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Blackthorn, Guelder-rose, Garlic Mustard +3 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route

Named route

Medlock Valley WayWalking route

Named route

Manchester Green Trail 14Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Fred Perry WayWalking route

Named route

Manchester Green Trail 1Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

157 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 60Cycling route

Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network

Audenshaw Ashton LinkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Stalybridge & Diggle Loop LineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

A6 alternate routeCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 626Cycling route

Named routeRef 626National Cycle Network

Ashton Canal CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal 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

14,933 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

14,933 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds74 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Carrion Crow +69

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Common GullLarus canus2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SmewMergellus albellus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2023

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Mammals3 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023

🐟

Fish1 species

summerautumn

2025

Perch

PerchPerca fluviatilis

🐝

Insects28 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Syrphus · Green Shieldbug · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Demeijerea rufipes +23

SyrphusSyrphus
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Demeijerea rufipesDemeijerea rufipes
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri
Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus
Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Aphrophora majorAphrophora major2024
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2024
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023

🌿

Plants42 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Blackthorn · Black Spleenwort · Greater Plantain · Guelder-rose · Fox-and-cubs +37

BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2024
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2025
SkullcapScutellaria galericulata2025
Nettle-leaved BellflowerCampanula trachelium2025
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2025
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
Purple Crane's-billGeranium ibericum x platypetalum = G. x magnificum2025
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025
Billard's BridewortSpiraea alba x douglasii = S. x billardii2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
Common CornsaladValerianella locusta2025
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025
Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
Fern-leaved BeechFagus sylvatica 'Aspleniifolia'2024
BroomCytisus scoparius2024
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea2024
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
BulrushTypha latifolia2024
Curled DockRumex crispus2024
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024
Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
FringecupsTellima grandiflora2024
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

14,933 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds74 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Carrion Crow +69

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Common GullLarus canus2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SmewMergellus albellus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2023

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023

🐟

Fish1 species

summerautumn

2025

Perch

PerchPerca fluviatilis

🐝

Insects28 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Syrphus · Green Shieldbug · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Demeijerea rufipes +23

SyrphusSyrphus
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Demeijerea rufipesDemeijerea rufipes
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri
Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus
Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Aphrophora majorAphrophora major2024
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2024
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023

🌿

Plants42 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Blackthorn · Black Spleenwort · Greater Plantain · Guelder-rose · Fox-and-cubs +37

BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2024
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2025
SkullcapScutellaria galericulata2025
Nettle-leaved BellflowerCampanula trachelium2025
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2025
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
Purple Crane's-billGeranium ibericum x platypetalum = G. x magnificum2025
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025
Billard's BridewortSpiraea alba x douglasii = S. x billardii2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
Common CornsaladValerianella locusta2025
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025
Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
Fern-leaved BeechFagus sylvatica 'Aspleniifolia'2024
BroomCytisus scoparius2024
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea2024
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
BulrushTypha latifolia2024
Curled DockRumex crispus2024
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024
Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
FringecupsTellima grandiflora2024
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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