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🌿Foraging🦋Insects🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.45917, -2.68877
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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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Priority ponds — dragonflies, damselflies and aquatic invertebrates
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
GM Ringway Stage 16Walking route16.3 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 16 - Wigan to Leigh
Named routeLength 16.3 kmRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Sankey Canal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route
Photos
Footpath to Sankey Valley Park
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Wildlife to spot
35,455 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,455 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Canada Goose +44
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Daubenton's Bat · Rabbit · Bat +1
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- BatChiroptera2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects14 species
springsummer
2025▾
Broad-bodied Chaser · Red-legged Shieldbug · Corizus hyoscyami · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Orange Ladybird +9
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Bugle · Enchanter's-nightshade · Wood-sorrel · Wood Anemone · Dog's Mercury +34
- BugleAjuga reptans2025
- Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
- Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,455 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Canada Goose +44
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Daubenton's Bat · Rabbit · Bat +1
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- BatChiroptera2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects14 species
springsummer
2025▾
Broad-bodied Chaser · Red-legged Shieldbug · Corizus hyoscyami · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Orange Ladybird +9
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Bugle · Enchanter's-nightshade · Wood-sorrel · Wood Anemone · Dog's Mercury +34
- BugleAjuga reptans2025
- Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
- Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataBlack SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatusBlack SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansSmall Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorumSmall Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorumLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
2025
Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaBroomCytisus scoparius2025BroomCytisus scoparius2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Common ReedPhragmites australis2025Common ReedPhragmites australis2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Stag's-horn SumachRhus typhina2025Stag's-horn SumachRhus typhina2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2025Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025