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St Mark's Church

📷 Bill Boaden · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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53.42405, -2.10539

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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
🛝Playground 161m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ 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
🛝Playground 161m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPicnic spotPlaygroundToilets

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Picnic day out

Very strong match

picnic area, toilets, car park

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +54 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Very strong match

playground, toilets, picnic area

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, toilets, parking

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Hornet Hoverfly, Common Red Soldier Beetle +46 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Hornet Hoverfly, Common Red Soldier Beetle +46 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

18 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route

GM Ringway Stage 6Walking route13.4 km

GM Ringway Stage 6 - Strines to Marple

Named routeLength 13.4 kmRegional walking route

Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Stockport to Silkstone Common)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Cown Edge WayWalking route29 km

Named routeLength 29 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

183 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 60Cycling route

Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network

Alan Newton WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Audenshaw Ashton LinkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

A6 alternate routeCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

NCN Route 62Cycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Tame Valley LoopMountain bike route29 km

Named routeRef AdvancedLength 29 kmLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

14,706 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

14,706 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

spring

2026

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Magpie · Mallard +56

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Great TitParus major
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
SwiftApus apus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Cuculus canorus canorusCuculus canorus canorus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025

🦌

Mammals8 species

summerautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole · Pygmy Shrew · Hedgehog +3

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
MoleTalpa europaea2025
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Water ShrewNeomys fodiens2025
Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025

🐸

Amphibians3 species

springsummer

2025

Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Palmate Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects49 species

springsummer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Hornet Hoverfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Oedemera femoralis · Alder Leaf Beetle +44

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Dasysyrphus tricinctusDasysyrphus tricinctus2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
BumblebeeBombus
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025
CheilosiaCheilosia2025
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2025
Chrysotoxum verralliChrysotoxum verralli2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
RhogogasterRhogogaster2025
Leucozona laternariaLeucozona laternaria2025
Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2025
Takecallis arundicolensTakecallis arundicolens2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Brown Leaf WeevilPhyllobius oblongus2025
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025
Woolly Alder SawflyEriocampa ovata2025
Broad-barred FusehornArge cyanocrocea2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Cyllecoris histrioniusCyllecoris histrionius2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Malthodes marginatusMalthodes marginatus2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
Ctenicera cupreaCtenicera cuprea2025
Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennis2025
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025

🌿

Plants12 species

spring

2026

Giant Hogweed · Lesser Celandine · White Clover · Thyme-leaved Speedwell · Columbine +7

Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025
RaspberryRubus idaeus2025
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
Elephant-earsBergenia crassifolia2025
American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus2025
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025
SalmonberryRubus spectabilis2025
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

14,706 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

spring

2026

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Magpie · Mallard +56

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Great TitParus major
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
SwiftApus apus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Cuculus canorus canorusCuculus canorus canorus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025

🦌

Mammals8 species

summerautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole · Pygmy Shrew · Hedgehog +3

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
MoleTalpa europaea2025
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Water ShrewNeomys fodiens2025
Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025

🐸

Amphibians3 species

springsummer

2025

Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Palmate Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects49 species

springsummer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Hornet Hoverfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Oedemera femoralis · Alder Leaf Beetle +44

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Dasysyrphus tricinctusDasysyrphus tricinctus2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
BumblebeeBombus
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025
CheilosiaCheilosia2025
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2025
Chrysotoxum verralliChrysotoxum verralli2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
RhogogasterRhogogaster2025
Leucozona laternariaLeucozona laternaria2025
Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2025
Takecallis arundicolensTakecallis arundicolens2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Brown Leaf WeevilPhyllobius oblongus2025
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025
Woolly Alder SawflyEriocampa ovata2025
Broad-barred FusehornArge cyanocrocea2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Cyllecoris histrioniusCyllecoris histrionius2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Malthodes marginatusMalthodes marginatus2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
Ctenicera cupreaCtenicera cuprea2025
Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennis2025
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025

🌿

Plants12 species

spring

2026

Giant Hogweed · Lesser Celandine · White Clover · Thyme-leaved Speedwell · Columbine +7

Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025
RaspberryRubus idaeus2025
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
Elephant-earsBergenia crassifolia2025
American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus2025
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025
SalmonberryRubus spectabilis2025
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Bill Boaden · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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