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Regent Square

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

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53.47615, -2.27338

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕The Tatton — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕The Tatton — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· FreePlayground

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, café; Urban park — family destination

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, café, parking

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Rock Dove, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Carrion Crow +43 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Rock Dove, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Carrion Crow +43 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Butterfly-bush, Sea-buckthorn, Oxford Ragwort +45 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Butterfly-bush, Sea-buckthorn, Oxford Ragwort +45 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

11 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route

Named route

Medlock Valley WayWalking route

Named route

Irwell Sculpture TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Irwell Sculpture Trail (spur)Walking route

Named route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Ashton-upon-Mersey to Stockport)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

315 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 60Cycling route

Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network

Greater Manchester regional route 85Cycling route

Named routeRef 85Regional cycle route

Broughton CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Media City LinkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Link between Trans-Pennine Trail and Bridgewater WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Urmston-Ashton cyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

28,142 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

28,142 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Rock Dove · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Magpie +44

Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
CootFulica atra2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
BuzzardButeo buteo
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
carbo cormorantPhalacrocorax carbo carbo2025
Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus2025
Mergus merganser merganserMergus merganser merganser2025
Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects11 species

summerautumn

2026

Eristalis pertinax · Eristalis tenax · Cream-spot Ladybird · a weevil · Green Shieldbug +6

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025
a weevilCurculionidae2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025

🌿

Plants48 species

wintersummerautumn

2026

Butterfly-bush · Sea-buckthorn · Oxford Ragwort · Coltsfoot · Bee Orchid +43

Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Sea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoides2025
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Summer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivum
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Sea SpleenwortAsplenium marinum
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
BroomCytisus scoparius2025
Hare's-foot CloverTrifolium arvense2025
White MelilotMelilotus albus2025
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2025
Hedera helixHedera helix2025
Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025
White DogwoodCornus alba2025
SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025
Hoary MustardHirschfeldia incana2025
FirethornPyracantha coccinea2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
Greek MallowSidalcea malviflora2025
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
Ivy BroomrapeOrobanche hederae2025
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

28,142 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Rock Dove · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Magpie +44

Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
CootFulica atra2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
BuzzardButeo buteo
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
carbo cormorantPhalacrocorax carbo carbo2025
Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus2025
Mergus merganser merganserMergus merganser merganser2025
Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects11 species

summerautumn

2026

Eristalis pertinax · Eristalis tenax · Cream-spot Ladybird · a weevil · Green Shieldbug +6

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025
a weevilCurculionidae2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025

🌿

Plants48 species

wintersummerautumn

2026

Butterfly-bush · Sea-buckthorn · Oxford Ragwort · Coltsfoot · Bee Orchid +43

Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Sea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoides2025
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Summer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivum
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Sea SpleenwortAsplenium marinum
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
BroomCytisus scoparius2025
Hare's-foot CloverTrifolium arvense2025
White MelilotMelilotus albus2025
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2025
Hedera helixHedera helix2025
Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025
White DogwoodCornus alba2025
SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025
Hoary MustardHirschfeldia incana2025
FirethornPyracantha coccinea2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
Greek MallowSidalcea malviflora2025
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
Ivy BroomrapeOrobanche hederae2025
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Stephen Richards · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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