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Reddish Vale Country Park

30 ha

📷 David Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome30 ha

Getting here

53.42442, -2.14334

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPicnic spot

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11 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Picnic day out

Very strong match

picnic area, car park

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Rock Dove +68 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Rock Dove +68 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Syrphus +47 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Syrphus +47 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Hogweed, White Clover, Creeping Buttercup +58 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Hogweed, White Clover, Creeping Buttercup +58 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

13 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route

Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Stockport to Silkstone Common)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

GM Ringway Stage 7Walking route14.3 km

GM Ringway Stage 7 - Marple to Broadbottom

Named routeLength 14.3 kmRegional walking route

Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route

Named route

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Cycling

240 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 60Cycling route

Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network

Alan Newton WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Audenshaw Ashton LinkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

A6 alternate routeCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Errwood Road CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

NCN Route 62Cycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

42,563 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

42,563 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds51 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Rock Dove · Magpie · Moorhen · Woodpigeon +46

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
CootFulica atra2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
TealAnas crecca
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

42,563 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Rock Dove · Magpie · Moorhen · Woodpigeon +46

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
CootFulica atra2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
TealAnas crecca
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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