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53.30556, -2.38081

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Magpie
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Canute Place 81m away — 20 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Magpie
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Canute Place 81m away — 20 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· Paid

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Jackdaw, Magpie, Black-headed Gull +64 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Jackdaw, Magpie, Black-headed Gull +64 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Migrant Hawker, Banded Demoiselle +6 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Migrant Hawker, Banded Demoiselle +6 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 20 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Bollin Valley WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

North Cheshire WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 114kmRegional walking route

Slaters Courtpublic footpath · 15 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 15 mSurface asphaltPath type: service

Westfield Drivepublic footpath · 123 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 123 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Regent Streetpublic footpath · 91 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 91 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: pedestrian

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cheshire Cheese LoopCycling route

Named routeRef Cheshire Cheese LoopLocal cycle route

Cheshire CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route

Heritage LoopCycling route

Named routeRef Heritage LoopLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

55,908 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

55,908 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

winter

2026

Great Tit · Coot · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Robin +32

Great TitParus major
CootFulica atra
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
GadwallMareca strepera
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

55,908 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

winter

2026

Great Tit · Coot · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Robin +32

Great TitParus major
CootFulica atra
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
GadwallMareca strepera
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Kevin Waterhouse · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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