Wilmslow United Reformed Church
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › North West › Cheshire East Getting here
53.32246, -2.23700
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Rex Car Park 162m away — 20 car parks within reach 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Rex Car Park 162m away — 20 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Mallard +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Mallard +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Red Soldier Beetle, Green Shieldbug, Dock Bug +135 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Red Soldier Beetle, Green Shieldbug, Dock Bug +135 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam, Ground-elder +12 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam, Ground-elder +12 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Plants — Hogweed, Ground-elder, Common Nettle +3 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
GM Ringway Stage 3 Walking route 11.7 km ▾
Named route Length 11.7 km Regional walking route
Show on map Fred Perry Way Walking route ▾
North Cheshire Way Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 114km Regional walking route
Show on map Wizard Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map GM Ringway Stage 4 Walking route 12.7 km ▾
Named route Length 12.7 km Regional walking route
Show on map Bourne Street public footpath · 248 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 248 m Path type: residential
Show on map 30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 70 Regional cycle route
Show on map Airport Orbital Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Greater Manchester regional route 85 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 85 Regional cycle route
Show on map Airport City Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Heritage Loop Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Heritage Loop Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Network 56 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 56 National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
24,449 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 24,449 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Great Crested Grebe · Moorhen +30
Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Coot Fulica atra Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Tit Parus major2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Leisler's Bat +4
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Noctule Nyctalus noctula2025 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Leisler's Bat Nyctalus leisleri2025 Natterer's Bat Myotis nattereri 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Dock Bug · Anthocomus rufus · Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax +23
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Anthocomus rufus Anthocomus rufus Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis Orange Ladybird Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 24,449 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Great Crested Grebe · Moorhen +30
Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Coot Fulica atra Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Tit Parus major2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Leisler's Bat +4
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Noctule Nyctalus noctula2025 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Leisler's Bat Nyctalus leisleri2025 Natterer's Bat Myotis nattereri 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Dock Bug · Anthocomus rufus · Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax +23
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Anthocomus rufus Anthocomus rufus Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis Orange Ladybird Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus2025
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus2025
Mole Talpa europaea
Mole Talpa europaea
Nathusius's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii2025
Nathusius's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii2025 Halyzia sedecimguttata
Halyzia sedecimguttata
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
Psyllopsis fraxini Psyllopsis fraxini
Psyllopsis fraxini Psyllopsis fraxini
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus
Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Poecilus cupreus Poecilus cupreus
Poecilus cupreus Poecilus cupreus
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Ulopa reticulata Ulopa reticulata
Ulopa reticulata Ulopa reticulata
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Common Flower Bug Anthocoris nemorum
Common Flower Bug Anthocoris nemorum
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum