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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

53.30183, -2.37375

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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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Neki Cafe — 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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Neki Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· PaidToilets

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

café, toilets; Urban park — family destination

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Great Tit, Mallard, Moorhen +36 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Tit, Mallard, Moorhen +36 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 18 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Bollin Valley WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

North Cheshire WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 114kmRegional walking route

Slaters Courtpublic footpath · 15 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 15 mSurface asphaltPath type: service

Regent Streetpublic footpath · 91 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 91 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: pedestrian

Cotton Shop Yardpublic footpath · 33 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 33 mSurface settPath type: unclassified

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cheshire Cheese LoopCycling route

Named routeRef Cheshire Cheese LoopLocal cycle route

Cheshire CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route

Heritage LoopCycling route

Named routeRef Heritage LoopLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

54,581 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

54,581 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

winter

2026

Great Tit · Mallard · Moorhen · Robin · Magpie +34

Great TitParus major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
CootFulica atra2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Black SwanCygnus atratus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

54,581 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

winter

2026

Great Tit · Mallard · Moorhen · Robin · Magpie +34

Great TitParus major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
CootFulica atra2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Black SwanCygnus atratus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Colin Pyle · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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