🦉Wildlife🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.46067, -1.96847
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- ☕Twig Coffee House — 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
- ☕Twig Coffee House — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Robin +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Robin +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Trans Pennine Trail
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tameside Trail (East - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pennine Way (Edale to Crowden)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Pennine Way (Crowden to Standedge)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Charlesworth alternative route)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
38 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Trans-Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TPTRegional cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Longdendale TrailCycling route▾
Stalybridge & Diggle Loop LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km▾
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network
Tame Valley LoopMountain bike route29 km▾
Named routeRef AdvancedLength 29 kmLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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71,922 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
71,922 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Robin · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Mallard +44
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Roe Deer · Wood Mouse
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🌿Plants14 species
winterspring
2026▾
Wall-rue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Honeysuckle · Sycamore · Yellow Archangel +9
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
71,922 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Robin · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Mallard +44
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Roe Deer · Wood Mouse
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🌿Plants14 species
winterspring
2026▾
Wall-rue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Honeysuckle · Sycamore · Yellow Archangel +9
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lords-and-Ladies
Lords-and-Ladies
Arum maculatum
Arum maculatum
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisBlack SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrumBlack SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrumRhododendronRhododendron ponticumRhododendronRhododendron ponticumHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineGreater PeriwinkleVinca major2025Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2025