Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.05536, -2.69669
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Mallard
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Mallard
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Coot, Mallard, Tufted Duck +67 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Coot, Mallard, Tufted Duck +67 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Brown Hawker, Common Darter, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Mercian Way
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
South Cheshire WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 51kmRegional walking route
Sandstone TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Marches WayWalking route▾
Raw HeadWalking route▾
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Hamlets and HedgerowsCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
River to RidgeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route257 m▾
Named routeRef 45Length 257 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route7.8 km▾
Named routeRef 45Length 7.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Tree ferns in the Folly Garden
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
10,231 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,231 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Mallard · Mute Swan · Coot · Moorhen · Robin +35
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Water Vole · Beaver · Otter
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
- BeaverCastor fiber
- OtterLutra lutra2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Brown Hawker · Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly · Red-eyed Damselfly +10
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Black-tailed Skimmer
Yew
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,231 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Mallard · Mute Swan · Coot · Moorhen · Robin +35
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Water Vole · Beaver · Otter
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
- BeaverCastor fiber
- OtterLutra lutra2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Brown Hawker · Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly · Red-eyed Damselfly +10
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Black-tailed Skimmer
Yew
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Orthetrum cancellatum
Orthetrum cancellatum
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansSmall Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2024Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2024Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxSouthern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Events & activities nearby
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