Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
53.41416, -2.33112
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rock Dove
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rock Dove
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Magpie +69 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Magpie +69 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Shieldbug, Hawthorn Shieldbug, Cuckoo-Spit Insect +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 4 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
Bridgewater Waypublic footpath · 1.7 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.7 kmSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Bridgewater Waypublic footpath · 118 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 118 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Bridgewater Waypublic footpath · 328 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 328 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
243 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network
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
Link between Trans-Pennine Trail and Bridgewater WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Urmston-Ashton cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
22,422 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,422 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +47
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Hawthorn Shieldbug · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Green Shieldbug +10
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
- Bibio pomonae
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,422 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +47
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Hawthorn Shieldbug · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Green Shieldbug +10
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
- Bibio pomonae
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bibio pomonae
Bibio pomonae
Batman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisPsyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Events & activities nearby
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