🦉Wildlife🎠Play🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.44807, -2.31316
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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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Magpie, Rock Dove, Jackdaw +44 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Rock Dove, Jackdaw +44 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Common Chickweed, Giant Blackberry
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Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby
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Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Irwell Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Irwell Sculpture Trail (spur)Walking 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
371 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
Port Salford GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Broughton CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Media City LinkCycling route▾
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Link between Trans-Pennine Trail and Bridgewater WayCycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
112,622 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
112,622 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Jackdaw · Rock Dove · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow +43
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
🌿Plants10 species
winterspring
2026▾
Fritillary · Coltsfoot · Common Chickweed · Pineappleweed · Red Dead-nettle +5
- FritillaryFritillaria meleagris
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
112,622 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Jackdaw · Rock Dove · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow +43
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
🌿Plants10 species
winterspring
2026▾
Fritillary · Coltsfoot · Common Chickweed · Pineappleweed · Red Dead-nettle +5
- FritillaryFritillaria meleagris
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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