QUARRY BANK MILL AND STYAL ESTATE
84 ha
Plan your visit
🛝Family🧺Picnic🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome84 ha
Getting here
53.34439, -2.25007
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Country park — designed for family visits
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park; Country park — good for group day out
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Dogs allowed — country park
Free
Grade II* listed building: OAK FARMHOUSE
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 46 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
GM Ringway Stage 3Walking route11.7 km▾
Named routeLength 11.7 kmRegional walking route
Fred Perry WayWalking route▾
Ladybrook Valley Interest TrailWalking route▾
North Cheshire WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 114kmRegional walking route
Bollin Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Priory Roadpublic footpath · 204 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 204 mPath type: residential
Greaves Roadpublic footpath · 94 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 94 mSurface compactedPath type: residential
64 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Airport Orbital CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Greater Manchester regional route 85Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 85Regional cycle route
Airport City CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Heritage LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef Heritage LoopLocal cycle route
Ladybrook CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
28 public paths nearby
Public paths
Quarry Bank Roadrestricted byway · 155 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 155 mPath type: service
Holt's Lanerestricted byway · 53 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 53 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Holt's Lanerestricted byway · 339 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 339 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Quarry Bank Roadrestricted byway · 30 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 30 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: service
Broad Walkrestricted byway · 45 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 45 mPath type: residential
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At Quarry Bank Mill NT, Styal - Gardens below Quarry Bank House
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Wildlife to spot
29,626 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
29,626 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Moorhen · Carrion Crow +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Common Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects12 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Scathophaga stercoraria · Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Dock Bug +7
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,626 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Moorhen · Carrion Crow +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Common Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects12 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Scathophaga stercoraria · Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Dock Bug +7
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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