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St Peter's Roman Catholic Church

📷 Peter McDermott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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53.48014, -2.05331

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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 182m 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 182m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· PaidPicnic spotPlayground

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Magpie +67 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Magpie +67 more · last seen 2025

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

picnic area, car park

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Broad-bodied Chaser, Common Blue Damselfly, Stenophylax permistus +56 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Broad-bodied Chaser, Common Blue Damselfly, Stenophylax permistus +56 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, picnic area

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route

Named route

Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Oldham WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Tameside Trail (East - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Charlesworth alternative route)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

97 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Audenshaw Ashton LinkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Stalybridge & Diggle Loop LineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 626Cycling route

Named routeRef 626National Cycle Network

Trans-Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef TPTRegional cycle route

Ashton Canal CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Saddleworth LinearCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

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

Wildlife to spot

15,002 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

15,002 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

summerautumn

2025

Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull +44

Rock DoveColumba livia
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
JackdawColoeus monedula
MagpiePica pica
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CootFulica atra
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Great TitParus major
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
DunnockPrunella modularis
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Coal TitPeriparus ater
JayGarrulus glandarius
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major

🦌

Mammals2 species

summer

2025

Rabbit · Brown Hare

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects16 species

summer

2026

Broad-bodied Chaser · Stenophylax permistus · Carabus problematicus · Limodromus assimilis · Hawthorn Shieldbug +11

Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus
Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2025
Limodromus assimilisLimodromus assimilis
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus

🌿

Plants5 species

summer

2025

Garden Privet · Japanese Knotweed · Purple Crane's-bill · Dotted Loosestrife · Billard's Bridewort

Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Purple Crane's-billGeranium ibericum x platypetalum = G. x magnificum
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata
Billard's BridewortSpiraea alba x douglasii = S. x billardii

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

15,002 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

summerautumn

2025

Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull +44

Rock DoveColumba livia
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
JackdawColoeus monedula
MagpiePica pica
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CootFulica atra
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Great TitParus major
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
DunnockPrunella modularis
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Coal TitPeriparus ater
JayGarrulus glandarius
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major

🦌

Mammals2 species

summer

2025

Rabbit · Brown Hare

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects16 species

summer

2026

Broad-bodied Chaser · Stenophylax permistus · Carabus problematicus · Limodromus assimilis · Hawthorn Shieldbug +11

Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus
Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2025
Limodromus assimilisLimodromus assimilis
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus

🌿

Plants5 species

summer

2025

Garden Privet · Japanese Knotweed · Purple Crane's-bill · Dotted Loosestrife · Billard's Bridewort

Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Purple Crane's-billGeranium ibericum x platypetalum = G. x magnificum
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata
Billard's BridewortSpiraea alba x douglasii = S. x billardii

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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