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Getting here
53.44621, -2.29262
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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 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· Free🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Hawthorn, Fritillary +21 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Hawthorn, Fritillary +21 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Medlock Valley WayWalking route▾
Irwell Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Irwell Sculpture Trail (spur)Walking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Warrington to Ashton-upon-Mersey)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Turn Moss Roadpublic footpath · 99 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 99 mPath type: residential
396 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Irwell River ParkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Ashton Canal CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Irlam & Cadishead CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef ICCLocal cycle route
Stretford CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chorlton CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
77,149 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
77,149 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Magpie · Coal Tit +45
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects3 species
springwinter
2026▾
Common Carder Bee · Tree Bumblebee · Harlequin Ladybird
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
🌿Plants10 species
winterspring
2026▾
Red Dead-nettle · Fritillary · Coltsfoot · Lesser Celandine · Pineappleweed +5
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- FritillaryFritillaria meleagris
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
77,149 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Magpie · Coal Tit +45
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects3 species
springwinter
2026▾
Common Carder Bee · Tree Bumblebee · Harlequin Ladybird
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
🌿Plants10 species
winterspring
2026▾
Red Dead-nettle · Fritillary · Coltsfoot · Lesser Celandine · Pineappleweed +5
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- FritillaryFritillaria meleagris
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Rubus armeniacus
Rubus armeniacus
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