Plan your visit
🛝Family🦅Birds🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.48532, -2.26792
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦42+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rock Dove and Lesser Black-backed Gull
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Salford Museum and Art Gallery Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦42+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rock Dove and Lesser Black-backed Gull
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Salford Museum and Art Gallery Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Rock Dove, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Carrion Crow +39 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Rock Dove, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Carrion Crow +39 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Red Soldier Beetle, Western Honey Bee, Green Shieldbug +33 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Medlock Valley WayWalking route▾
Irwell Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Irwell Sculpture Trail (spur)Walking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Ashton-upon-Mersey to Stockport)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
266 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network
Greater Manchester regional route 85Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 85Regional cycle route
Broughton CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Media City LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Link between Trans-Pennine Trail and Bridgewater WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Swinton GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Philips Park Waterdale TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Philips Park Figure 8 trailMountain bike route▾
Photos
River Irwell passing Peel Park
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
18,850 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,850 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Rock Dove · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull +23
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Mergus merganser merganserMergus merganser merganser2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Tawny Mining Bee
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
Summer Snowflake · Coltsfoot · Scots Pine · Butterfly-bush · Oxford Ragwort +6
- Summer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivum
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,850 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Rock Dove · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull +23
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Mergus merganser merganserMergus merganser merganser2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Tawny Mining Bee
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
Summer Snowflake · Coltsfoot · Scots Pine · Butterfly-bush · Oxford Ragwort +6
- Summer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivum
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas