Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome58 ha
Getting here
53.44815, -2.29044
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 181m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 181m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +57 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +57 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Common Carder Bee, 2-spot Ladybird +20 more · last seen 2026
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
408 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
Photos
The former rose garden, Longford Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
62,552 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
62,552 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Great Tit +34
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Harlequin Ladybird · Common Carder Bee · Tree Bumblebee · Bombus terrestris subsp. audax · 2-spot Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
- Bombus terrestris subsp. audaxBombus terrestris subsp. audax
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
🌿Plants12 species
winterspring
2026▾
Red Dead-nettle · Fritillary · Coltsfoot · Lesser Celandine · Slender Speedwell +7
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- FritillaryFritillaria meleagris
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
62,552 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Great Tit +34
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Harlequin Ladybird · Common Carder Bee · Tree Bumblebee · Bombus terrestris subsp. audax · 2-spot Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
- Bombus terrestris subsp. audaxBombus terrestris subsp. audax
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
🌿Plants12 species
winterspring
2026▾
Red Dead-nettle · Fritillary · Coltsfoot · Lesser Celandine · Slender Speedwell +7
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- FritillaryFritillaria meleagris
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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