The King George VI Play Area
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.19134, -2.50264
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦101+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Black-headed Gull
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦101+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Black-headed Gull
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Black-headed Gull, Starling +98 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Mute Swan, Black-headed Gull, Starling +98 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Violet Bramble Rust, Blushing Bracket, Sycamore Tarspot +79 more · last seen 2024
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Blue-tailed Damselfly, 22-spot Ladybird +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Dane Valley WayWalking route66 km▾
Buxton to Northwich
Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Weaver WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
South Cheshire Market Towns TrailWalking route67 km▾
Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route
Cheshire CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Rilshaw Lanepublic footpath · 48 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 48 mPath type: unclassified
Dove Placepublic footpath · 48 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 48 mPath type: residential
Nun House Drivepublic footpath · 369 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 369 mPath type: residential
94 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Whitegate WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 573Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 573National Cycle Network
Route 551Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 551National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Route 71Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 71Regional cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
14,780 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,780 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springautumn
2025▾
Mute Swan · Cetti's Warbler · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Carrion Crow +38
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- CootFulica atra
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Common GullLarus canus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwiftApus apus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
22-spot Ladybird · Isochnus sequensi · Clambus armadillo · Ocys tachysoides · 16-spot Ladybird +37
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Isochnus sequensiIsochnus sequensi
- Clambus armadilloClambus armadillo
- Ocys tachysoidesOcys tachysoides
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Epuraea melanocephalaEpuraea melanocephala
- Orthoperus aequalis
Common Bonnet · Clouded Funnel · Turkeytail · Alder Bracket · Wood Pinkgill +48
- Common BonnetMycena galericulata
- Clouded FunnelClitocybe nebularis
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Alder BracketMensularia radiata
- Wood PinkgillEntoloma rhodopolium
- Clustered BonnetMycena inclinata
- Bleeding Broadleaf CrustStereum rugosum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,780 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springautumn
2025▾
Mute Swan · Cetti's Warbler · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Carrion Crow +38
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- CootFulica atra
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Common GullLarus canus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwiftApus apus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
22-spot Ladybird · Isochnus sequensi · Clambus armadillo · Ocys tachysoides · 16-spot Ladybird +37
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Isochnus sequensiIsochnus sequensi
- Clambus armadilloClambus armadillo
- Ocys tachysoidesOcys tachysoides
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Epuraea melanocephalaEpuraea melanocephala
- Orthoperus aequalis
Common Bonnet · Clouded Funnel · Turkeytail · Alder Bracket · Wood Pinkgill +48
- Common BonnetMycena galericulata
- Clouded FunnelClitocybe nebularis
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Alder BracketMensularia radiata
- Wood PinkgillEntoloma rhodopolium
- Clustered BonnetMycena inclinata
- Bleeding Broadleaf CrustStereum rugosum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Orthoperus aequalis
Orthoperus aequalis
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confineEuophryum confineEuophryum confineEndomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineusCionus tuberculosusCionus tuberculosusCionus tuberculosusCionus tuberculosusAgriotes lineatusAgriotes lineatusAgriotes lineatusAgriotes lineatusSmall Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatusSmall Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatusGalerucella pusillaGalerucella pusillaGalerucella pusillaGalerucella pusillaPtenidium pusillumPtenidium pusillumPtenidium pusillumPtenidium pusillumBembidion lamprosBembidion lamprosBembidion lamprosBembidion lamprosAlder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alniAlder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alniBembidion quadrimaculatumBembidion quadrimaculatumBembidion quadrimaculatumBembidion quadrimaculatumAcupalpus dubiusAcupalpus dubiusAcupalpus dubiusAcupalpus dubiusPlagiodera versicoloraPlagiodera versicoloraPlagiodera versicoloraPlagiodera versicoloraAgonum fuliginosumAgonum fuliginosumAgonum fuliginosumAgonum fuliginosumPterostichus strenuusPterostichus 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FelenHypholoma fasciculareTorth FelenHypholoma fasciculareWoolly WoodwartLasiosphaeria ovinaWoolly WoodwartLasiosphaeria ovinaAscocoryne cylichniumAscocoryne cylichniumAscocoryne cylichniumAscocoryne cylichniumHairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutumHairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutumJelly EarAuricularia auricula-judaeJelly EarAuricularia auricula-judaeHazel WoodwartHypoxylon fuscumHazel WoodwartHypoxylon fuscumAmanita'r GwybedAmanita muscariaAmanita'r GwybedAmanita muscariaScaly EarthballScleroderma verrucosumScaly EarthballScleroderma verrucosumGlistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceusGlistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceusSplit PorecrustSchizopora paradoxaSplit PorecrustSchizopora paradoxaSpectacular RustgillGymnopilus junoniusSpectacular RustgillGymnopilus junoniusSulphur DiscoCalycina claroflavaSulphur DiscoCalycina claroflavaFragrant BracketTrametes suaveolensFragrant BracketTrametes suaveolensOak MildewErysiphe alphitoidesOak MildewErysiphe alphitoidesBeechleaf BonnetMycena capillarisBeechleaf BonnetMycena capillarisStinky KnightTricholoma sulphureumStinky KnightTricholoma sulphureumBig Smoky BracketBjerkandera fumosaBig Smoky BracketBjerkandera fumosaBowl HoodieCalyptella capulaBowl HoodieCalyptella capulaNetted CrustByssomerulius coriumNetted CrustByssomerulius coriumCommon Stump BrittlestemPsathyrella piluliformisCommon Stump BrittlestemPsathyrella piluliformisPhacidium lauriPhacidium lauriPhacidium lauriPhacidium lauriCrystal BrainExidia nucleataCrystal BrainExidia nucleataBrown Birch BoleteLeccinum scabrumBrown Birch BoleteLeccinum scabrumSnapping BonnetMycena vitilisSnapping BonnetMycena vitilisWrinkled ClubClavulina rugosaWrinkled ClubClavulina rugosaRoundspored OysterlingCrepidotus cesatiiRoundspored OysterlingCrepidotus cesatiiBracken MapRhopographus filicinusBracken MapRhopographus filicinusBurnt KnightTricholoma ustaleBurnt KnightTricholoma ustaleAmanita WridogAmanita rubescensAmanita WridogAmanita rubescensGanoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersumWhite SaddleHelvella crispaWhite SaddleHelvella crispaTawny FunnelParalepista flaccidaTawny FunnelParalepista flaccidaWood BlewitsLepista nudaWood BlewitsLepista nudaBeechleaf ParachuteRhizomarasmius setosusBeechleaf ParachuteRhizomarasmius setosusBlushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosaBlushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosaOak CrustPeniophora quercinaOak CrustPeniophora quercinaLaxitextum bicolorLaxitextum bicolorLaxitextum bicolorLaxitextum bicolorSmoked OysterlingResupinatus applicatusSmoked OysterlingResupinatus applicatusSycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinumSycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinumBell HoodieCalyptella campanulaBell HoodieCalyptella campanulaSnowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineusSnowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineusEvents & activities nearby
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