🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Willow Tit
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 198m 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 Woodpigeon and Willow Tit
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 198m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
Best for
11 activities
🦅
Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Willow Tit, Magpie +57 more · last seen 2026; Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
🛝
Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Willow Tit, Magpie +57 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🎠
Playgrounds
Strong match
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis tenax, Epistrophe grossulariae +37 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂
Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Giant Hogweed, Marsh Helleborine, Hemp-agrimony +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Irwell Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Salford TrailWalking route▾
The Salford Trail is a continuous walk along permitted footpaths and roads, all within the city of Salford. The paths covered are varied, being through historic heritage areas, along river and canal side, taking in country parks, fields, moss lands, inner
Named routeRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 14Walking route21.9 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 14 - Bromley Cross to Blackrod
Named routeLength 21.9 kmRegional walking route
🚴
Cycling
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77 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Regional Route 80Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Moss BankCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bradley Fold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Linnyshaw LooplineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bury to Bolton CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Kirklees TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
🚵
Mountain biking
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1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Philips Park Waterdale TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
🐴
Horse riding
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1 public path nearby
Public paths
Croft Siderestricted byway · 563 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 563 mPath type: service
