Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.18704, -2.12388
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Mallard
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Mallard
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Mallard, House Sparrow +50 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Mallard, House Sparrow +50 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Eristalis intricaria, Marmalade Hoverfly, Dark-edged Bee-fly +8 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 17Walking route16.2 km▾
Named routeLength 16.2 kmRegional walking route
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 18Walking route13.7 km▾
Named routeLength 13.7 kmRegional walking route
Gritstone Trail (Rushton Spencer - Kidsgrove)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Gritstone Trail (River Dane - Rushton Spencer)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Route 71Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 71Regional cycle route
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route639 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 639 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.8 km▾
Named routeRef 55Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5.2 km▾
Named routeRef 55Length 5.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Grit and Gears IIMountain bike route▾
Forest BridlewayMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
6,384 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,384 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
winterspring
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Mallard · Canada Goose · House Sparrow · Blackbird +48
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Otter · Mole
- OtterLutra lutra
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Eristalis intricaria · Marmalade Hoverfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Green Shieldbug · Platycheirus angustatus +6
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Platycheirus angustatusPlatycheirus angustatus
- Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum
Himalayan Balsam
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,384 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
winterspring
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Mallard · Canada Goose · House Sparrow · Blackbird +48
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Otter · Mole
- OtterLutra lutra
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Eristalis intricaria · Marmalade Hoverfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Green Shieldbug · Platycheirus angustatus +6
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Platycheirus angustatusPlatycheirus angustatus
- Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum
Himalayan Balsam
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
