Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
53.59772, -2.54610
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Thyme Deli — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Thyme Deli — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Brown Hawker, Large Red Damselfly +31 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Enchanter's-nightshade, Bluebell, Broad Buckler-fern +103 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rotary WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
GM Ringway Stage 14Walking route21.9 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 14 - Bromley Cross to Blackrod
Named routeLength 21.9 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 15Walking route16.2 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 15 - Blackrod to Wigan
Named routeLength 16.2 kmRegional walking route
Wigan WayWalking route▾
Adlington Circular WalkWalking route▾
41 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Regional Route 80Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Chorley LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef Chorley LoopLocal cycle route
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Greater Manchester Route 80Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 80Regional cycle route
N/ACycling route382 m▾
Named routeRef 80Length 382 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Victorian Postbox, Old Station Park, Horwich
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
25,683 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,683 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Kestrel · Mallard +32
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Roe Deer · Brown Rat · Field Vole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2025
🐝Insects6 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Brown Hawker · Common Hawker · Common Water-Boatman · Southern Hawker +1
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
🌿Plants7 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Groundsel · Bracken · Polypody · Holly · Meadowsweet +2
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,683 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Kestrel · Mallard +32
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Roe Deer · Brown Rat · Field Vole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2025
🐝Insects6 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Brown Hawker · Common Hawker · Common Water-Boatman · Southern Hawker +1
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
🌿Plants7 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Groundsel · Bracken · Polypody · Holly · Meadowsweet +2
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bulrush
Bulrush
Typha latifolia2025
Typha latifolia2025
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2025Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2025