Plan your visit
🛝Family🧺Picnic🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.44750, -1.94111
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Jackdaw
- ☀️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
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Jackdaw
- ☀️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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Robin +55 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Robin +55 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tameside Trail (East - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pennine Way (Edale to Crowden)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Pennine Way (Crowden to Standedge)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Charlesworth alternative route)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Manor Park Viewpublic footpath · 41 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 41 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Back Sitch Footpathpublic footpath · 305 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 305 mSurface unpavedPath type: footway
May's Waypublic footpath · 51 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 51 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: footway
34 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Trans-Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TPTRegional cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Longdendale TrailCycling route▾
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
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
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Shepley Streetbridleway · 133 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 133 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Shepley Streetbridleway · 26 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 26 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
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Wildlife to spot
52,256 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
52,256 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Magpie +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Oligotricha striata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Oligotricha striataOligotricha striata
🌿Plants12 species
winterspring
2026▾
Bilberry · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Honeysuckle · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Flowering Currant +7
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- HyacinthHyacinthus orientalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
52,256 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Magpie +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Oligotricha striata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Oligotricha striataOligotricha striata
🌿Plants12 species
winterspring
2026▾
Bilberry · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Honeysuckle · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Flowering Currant +7
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- HyacinthHyacinthus orientalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hawthorn
Hawthorn
Crataegus monogyna
Crataegus monogyna
BrackenPteridium aquilinumBrackenPteridium aquilinumPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburHeatherCalluna vulgarisHeatherCalluna vulgarisSweet ChestnutCastanea sativaSweet ChestnutCastanea sativaGreater PeriwinkleVinca major2025Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2025