🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🛝Family
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
53.46126, -1.95743
Open directionsv
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Robin +59 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Robin +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Allotments
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tameside Trail (East - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pennine Way (Edale to Crowden)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Pennine Way (Crowden to Standedge)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Charlesworth alternative route)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Peel Streetpublic footpath · 35 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 35 mPath type: residential
37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Trans-Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TPTRegional cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Longdendale TrailCycling route▾
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tame Valley LoopMountain bike route29 km▾
Named routeRef AdvancedLength 29 kmLocal cycle route
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km▾
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network
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Allotments off Platt Street, Padfield
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Wildlife to spot
74,143 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
74,143 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Robin · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Magpie +43
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🌿Plants14 species
winterspring
2026▾
Wall-rue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Honeysuckle · Sycamore · Yellow Archangel +9
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
74,143 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Robin · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Magpie +43
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🌿Plants14 species
winterspring
2026▾
Wall-rue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Honeysuckle · Sycamore · Yellow Archangel +9
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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