Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
53.39738, -2.34524
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Rock Dove +40 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Rock Dove +40 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Harlequin Ladybird, Eristalis tenax +17 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Bollin Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Warrington to Ashton-upon-Mersey)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking 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
Bridgewater Waypublic footpath · 542 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 542 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Bridgewater Waypublic footpath · 130 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 130 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Bridgewater Waypublic footpath · 1.7 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.7 kmSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
162 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
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
Link between Trans-Pennine Trail and Bridgewater WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Urmston-Ashton cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
15,363 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,363 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Blackbird · Mallard +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CootFulica atra
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Bat · Brown Rat · Common Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BatChiroptera
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Common Darter · Eristalis tenax · Harlequin Ladybird · Alder Leaf Beetle · Eupteryx +15
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- EupteryxEupteryx2025
- Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
Ground-elder
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,363 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Blackbird · Mallard +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CootFulica atra
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Bat · Brown Rat · Common Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BatChiroptera
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Common Darter · Eristalis tenax · Harlequin Ladybird · Alder Leaf Beetle · Eupteryx +15
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- EupteryxEupteryx2025
- Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
Ground-elder
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.2025Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2025Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Ornate Tailed Digger WaspCerceris rybyensis2025Ornate Tailed Digger WaspCerceris rybyensis2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2025Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Events & activities nearby
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