Plan your visit
🛝Family🧺Picnic🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome80 ha
Getting here
53.49038, -2.06823
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Canada Goose
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Highfield Pavillion Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Canada Goose
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Highfield Pavillion Cafe — 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🐄Farm visit
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Canada Goose, Magpie +58 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Canada Goose, Magpie +58 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Broad-bodied Chaser, Common Blue Damselfly, Harlequin Ladybird +32 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Medlock Valley WayWalking 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
67 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Audenshaw Ashton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Oldham to Lees CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Stalybridge & Diggle Loop LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 626Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 626National Cycle Network
Ashton Canal CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Saddleworth LinearCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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
Photos
Stamford Park Boating Lake
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
7,472 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,472 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Rock Dove · Magpie · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +40
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Bat
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Broad-bodied Chaser · Common Blue Damselfly · Eristalis tenax · Orange Ladybird · Vine Weevil +3
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Blue-tailed Damselfly
Black Spleenwort · Ribwort Plantain · Ivy · Wood Avens · Holly +3
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- IvyHedera helix
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,472 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Rock Dove · Magpie · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +40
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Bat
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Broad-bodied Chaser · Common Blue Damselfly · Eristalis tenax · Orange Ladybird · Vine Weevil +3
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Blue-tailed Damselfly
Black Spleenwort · Ribwort Plantain · Ivy · Wood Avens · Holly +3
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- IvyHedera helix
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ischnura elegans
Ischnura elegans
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidariusRed-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
2025
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Events & activities nearby
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