Plan your visit
🛝Family🦅Birds🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.38409, -2.34159
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rock Dove
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Cafe in the Park — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rock Dove
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Cafe in the Park — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Magpie +60 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Magpie +60 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Alder Leaf Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird, Hornet Hoverfly +32 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Bollin Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Warrington to Ashton-upon-Mersey)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Ashton-upon-Mersey to Stockport)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 1Walking route11.7 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 1 - St Peter's Square to Sale Water Park
Named routeLength 11.7 kmRegional walking route
113 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
A555 CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Airport Orbital CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Greater Manchester regional route 85Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 85Regional cycle route
Airport City CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Heritage LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef Heritage LoopLocal cycle route
Photos
Playing Field, Stamford Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
28,291 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
28,291 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Blackbird · Robin +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- CootFulica atra
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Common Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Common Darter · Yellow Meadow Ant · Alder Leaf Beetle +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- EupteryxEupteryx2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,291 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Blackbird · Robin +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- CootFulica atra
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Common Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Common Darter · Yellow Meadow Ant · Alder Leaf Beetle +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- EupteryxEupteryx2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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