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Marie Louise Gardens

4 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha

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53.41812, -2.24361

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Magpie, Mallard +59 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Magpie, Mallard +59 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hogweed, Dandelion, Red Oak +12 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Lesser Celandine, Hogweed, Snowberry +67 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Lesser Celandine, Hogweed, Snowberry +67 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Carder Bee, Harlequin Ladybird +46 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Carder Bee, Harlequin Ladybird +46 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

11 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route

Named 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

GM Ringway Stage 2Walking route10.5 km

GM Ringway Stage 2 - Sale Water Park to Didsbury Village

Named routeLength 10.5 kmRegional walking route

GM Ringway Stage 3Walking route11.7 km

Named routeLength 11.7 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

342 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 60Cycling route

Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network

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

Media City LinkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Link between Trans-Pennine Trail and Bridgewater WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

56,611 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

56,611 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

autumnwinter

2026

Robin · Magpie · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +60

RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JayGarrulus glandarius
CootFulica atra2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
TealAnas crecca2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winterspring

2026

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects49 species

autumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Common Carder Bee · Harlequin Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Dock Bug +44

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025
Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Asaphidion curtumAsaphidion curtum
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Pterostichus nigrita/rhaeticusPterostichus nigrita/rhaeticus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Conomelus ancepsConomelus anceps2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
Eupteryx urticaeEupteryx urticae2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025
Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Cereal Leaf BeetleOulema duftschmidi/melanopus2025
Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025
Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025
Hypera nigrirostrisHypera nigrirostris2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2025
SitonaSitona2025
Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025
Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
Trioza remotaTrioza remota2025
Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2025
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.2025
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025

🌿

Plants70 species

autumn

2026

Lesser Celandine · Hogweed · Snowberry · Fox-and-cubs · Butterbur +65

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
ButterburPetasites hybridus
DandelionTaraxacum
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Lombardy-PoplarPopulus nigra 'Italica'2025
Red OakQuercus rubra2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
DaisyBellis perennis
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
AshFraxinus excelsior
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum
HyacinthHyacinthus orientalis
HazelCorylus avellana
Siberian SquillScilla siberica
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata2025
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2025
Euphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiaeEuphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiae2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025
IvyHedera helix2025
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2025
Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica2025
Common VetchVicia sativa2025
Narrow-Leaved Michaelmas-DaisySymphyotrichum lanceolatum2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025
Fodder BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicum2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2025
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2025
Dune HelleborineEpipactis dunensis2025
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025
Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

56,611 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

autumnwinter

2026

Robin · Magpie · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +60

RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JayGarrulus glandarius
CootFulica atra2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
TealAnas crecca2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winterspring

2026

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects49 species

autumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Common Carder Bee · Harlequin Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Dock Bug +44

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025
Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Asaphidion curtumAsaphidion curtum
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Pterostichus nigrita/rhaeticusPterostichus nigrita/rhaeticus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Conomelus ancepsConomelus anceps2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
Eupteryx urticaeEupteryx urticae2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025
Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Cereal Leaf BeetleOulema duftschmidi/melanopus2025
Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025
Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025
Hypera nigrirostrisHypera nigrirostris2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2025
SitonaSitona2025
Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025
Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
Trioza remotaTrioza remota2025
Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2025
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.2025
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025

🌿

Plants70 species

autumn

2026

Lesser Celandine · Hogweed · Snowberry · Fox-and-cubs · Butterbur +65

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
ButterburPetasites hybridus
DandelionTaraxacum
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Lombardy-PoplarPopulus nigra 'Italica'2025
Red OakQuercus rubra2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
DaisyBellis perennis
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
AshFraxinus excelsior
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum
HyacinthHyacinthus orientalis
HazelCorylus avellana
Siberian SquillScilla siberica
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata2025
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2025
Euphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiaeEuphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiae2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025
IvyHedera helix2025
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2025
Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica2025
Common VetchVicia sativa2025
Narrow-Leaved Michaelmas-DaisySymphyotrichum lanceolatum2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025
Fodder BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicum2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2025
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2025
Dune HelleborineEpipactis dunensis2025
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025
Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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