Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.25251, -2.11691
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Jackdaw +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Jackdaw +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis pertinax, 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis tenax +132 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 33 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 17Walking route16.2 km▾
Named routeLength 16.2 kmRegional walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 19Walking route15.3 km▾
Named routeLength 15.3 kmRegional walking route
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 18Walking route13.7 km▾
Named routeLength 13.7 kmRegional walking route
North Cheshire WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 114kmRegional walking route
52 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Route 71Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 71Regional cycle route
Middlewood WayCycling route▾
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route139 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 139 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route46 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 46 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-road
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Grit and Gears IIMountain bike route▾
Forest BridlewayMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Richmond Hillbyway open to all traffic · 62 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 62 mSurface unpavedPath type: residential
Photos
Bus shelter, Windmill Street, Macclesfield
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
36,561 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
36,561 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Blackbird +39
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springwinter
2026▾
Bat · Grey Squirrel
- BatChiroptera
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus ribesii · Scathophaga stercoraria · Birch Shieldbug · Atomaria apicalis +11
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
- Atomaria apicalisAtomaria apicalis2025
- Ptenidium pusillum
Holly · Alder · Common Nettle · Raspberry
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
36,561 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Blackbird +39
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springwinter
2026▾
Bat · Grey Squirrel
- BatChiroptera
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus ribesii · Scathophaga stercoraria · Birch Shieldbug · Atomaria apicalis +11
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
- Atomaria apicalisAtomaria apicalis2025
- Ptenidium pusillum
Holly · Alder · Common Nettle · Raspberry
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ptenidium pusillum2025
Ptenidium pusillum2025
Ephistemus globulusEphistemus globulus2025Ephistemus globulusEphistemus globulus2025Sericoderus brevicornisSericoderus brevicornis2025Sericoderus brevicornisSericoderus brevicornis2025Cartodere nodiferCartodere nodifer2025Cartodere nodiferCartodere nodifer2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Sepsis fulgensSepsis fulgens2025Sepsis fulgensSepsis fulgens2025Formica lemaniFormica lemani2025Formica lemaniFormica lemani2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Events & activities nearby
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