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🎠Play🛝Family🚲Cycling
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.52510, -2.16335
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 229m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 229m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 66
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Oldham Way
Free
Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Medlock Valley WayWalking route▾
Rochdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef RochRegional walking route
Manchester Green Trail 1Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
123 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network
Audenshaw Ashton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Oldham to Lees CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chadderton Coal and Mineral Yard branch cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 86Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 86Local cycle route
Route 626Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 626National Cycle Network
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St George's Church, Chadderton
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Wildlife to spot
10,175 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,175 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
springwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Canada Goose · Magpie · Rock Dove · Black-headed Gull +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects7 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Field Grasshopper · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Harmonia axyridis form conspicua · Melanostoma +2
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Harmonia axyridis form conspicuaHarmonia axyridis form conspicua
- MelanostomaMelanostoma
Cuckooflower · Japanese Knotweed · White Clover · Daisy · Ramsons +52
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- DaisyBellis perennis
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,175 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
springwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Canada Goose · Magpie · Rock Dove · Black-headed Gull +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects7 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Field Grasshopper · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Harmonia axyridis form conspicua · Melanostoma +2
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Harmonia axyridis form conspicuaHarmonia axyridis form conspicua
- MelanostomaMelanostoma
Cuckooflower · Japanese Knotweed · White Clover · Daisy · Ramsons +52
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- DaisyBellis perennis
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorumCommon Carder BeeBombus pascuorumHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumCommon BistortBistorta officinalisCommon BistortBistorta officinalisFringecupsTellima grandifloraFringecupsTellima grandifloraPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgarePedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburHoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorumHoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorumAlderAlnus glutinosaAlderAlnus glutinosaTufted VetchVicia craccaTufted VetchVicia craccaBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusFox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiacaFox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiacaWall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalisWall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalisYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisGoat WillowSalix capreaGoat WillowSalix capreaYellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgarisYellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgarisPurple-loosestrifeLythrum salicariaPurple-loosestrifeLythrum salicariaGreater DuckweedSpirodela polyrhizaGreater DuckweedSpirodela polyrhizaParsley-leaved BrambleRubus laciniatusParsley-leaved BrambleRubus laciniatusCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaOsierSalix viminalisOsierSalix viminalisCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineLady-fernAthyrium filix-feminaLady-fernAthyrium filix-feminaNorway MapleAcer platanoidesNorway MapleAcer platanoidesHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaOxford RagwortSenecio squalidusOxford RagwortSenecio squalidusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaStinking IrisIris foetidissimaStinking IrisIris foetidissimaHedera helixHedera helixHedera helixHedera helixRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumWoodruffGalium odoratumWoodruffGalium odoratumMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisSpotted Dead-nettleLamium maculatumSpotted Dead-nettleLamium maculatumFritillaryFritillaria meleagrisFritillaryFritillaria meleagrisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaSowbreadCyclamen hederifoliumSowbreadCyclamen hederifolium