Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
53.48690, -2.52515
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Caffeina Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Caffeina Cafe — 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 — Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Magpie +68 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Magpie +68 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ramsons, Broad-leaved Dock, Elder +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
GM Ringway Stage 16Walking route16.3 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 16 - Wigan to Leigh
Named routeLength 16.3 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 17Walking route16.6 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 17 - Leigh to Irlam
Named routeLength 16.6 kmRegional walking route
11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Irlam & Cadishead CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef ICCLocal cycle route
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Bridgewater WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 82Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 55Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route46 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 46 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route226 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 226 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Pennington Hall Park, Leigh
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
78,905 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
78,905 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
winterspring
2026▾
Gadwall · Oystercatcher · Canada Goose · Mallard · Black-headed Gull +24
- GadwallMareca strepera
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major
- CootFulica atra
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TealAnas crecca
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Ocys harpaloides/tachysoides · 7-spot Ladybird
- Ocys harpaloides/tachysoidesOcys harpaloides/tachysoides
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Ramsons · Broad-leaved Dock · Common Nettle · Elder · Wild Privet +45
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
- CleaversGalium aparine
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
78,905 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
winterspring
2026▾
Gadwall · Oystercatcher · Canada Goose · Mallard · Black-headed Gull +24
- GadwallMareca strepera
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major
- CootFulica atra
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TealAnas crecca
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Ocys harpaloides/tachysoides · 7-spot Ladybird
- Ocys harpaloides/tachysoidesOcys harpaloides/tachysoides
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Ramsons · Broad-leaved Dock · Common Nettle · Elder · Wild Privet +45
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
- CleaversGalium aparine
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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