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Redvales Playing Fields

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📷 Gerald England · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha

Getting here

53.58071, -2.29920

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Greenfinch, Goldfinch +82 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Greenfinch, Goldfinch +82 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Daisy, Zigzag Clover, Common Bistort +53 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Daisy, Zigzag Clover, Common Bistort +53 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Mystacides longicornis, Syrphus, Batman Hoverfly +8 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Mystacides longicornis, Syrphus, Batman Hoverfly +8 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Common Bistort, Bulrush, White Dead-nettle +4 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Irwell Sculpture TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Rochdale WayWalking route

Named routeRef RochRegional walking route

GM Ringway Stage 12Walking route21.1 km

GM Ringway Stage 12 - Norden to Bury

Named routeLength 21.1 kmRegional walking route

GM Ringway Stage 13Walking route18 km

GM Ringway Stage 13 - Bury to Bromley Cross

Named routeLength 18 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

64 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Bradley Fold CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Harry Hill CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Roch Valley GreenwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Bury to Bolton CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Kirklees TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Daisyfield GreenwayCycling route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

80,322 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

80,322 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

autumnwinter

2026

Robin · Goldfinch · House Sparrow · Blue Tit · Chaffinch +56

RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
CootFulica atra2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Badger · Grey Squirrel · American Mink

BadgerMeles meles
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
American MinkNeovison vison2025

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2026

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria

🌿

Plants10 species

winter

2026

Japanese Knotweed · Hart's-Tongue · Giant Hogweed · Bulrush · Nipplewort +5

Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
BulrushTypha latifolia2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

80,322 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

autumnwinter

2026

Robin · Goldfinch · House Sparrow · Blue Tit · Chaffinch +56

RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
CootFulica atra2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Badger · Grey Squirrel · American Mink

BadgerMeles meles
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
American MinkNeovison vison2025

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2026

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria

🌿

Plants10 species

winter

2026

Japanese Knotweed · Hart's-Tongue · Giant Hogweed · Bulrush · Nipplewort +5

Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
BulrushTypha latifolia2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Gerald England · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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