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Wythenshawe Park

6 ha

📷 Eirian Evans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha

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53.40216, -2.26989

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 412m away — 12 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
🅿️Parking 412m away — 12 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Magpie +56 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Magpie +56 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Spear Thistle, Butterbur, Common Ragwort +17 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Spear Thistle, Butterbur, Common Ragwort +17 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Brown Hawker, Harlequin Ladybird, Dock Bug +36 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Brown Hawker, Harlequin Ladybird, Dock Bug +36 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Ramsons, Beech, Common Nettle

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route

Named 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

GM Ringway Stage 2Walking route10.5 km

GM Ringway Stage 2 - Sale Water Park to Didsbury Village

Named routeLength 10.5 kmRegional walking route

GM Ringway Stage 3Walking route11.7 km

Named routeLength 11.7 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

320 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

Wildlife to spot

15,056 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

15,056 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Magpie · Willow Tit · Carrion Crow +57

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Great TitParus major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
SwiftApus apus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Pica pica picaPica pica pica2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

spring

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Hare · Brown Rat · Horse

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
HorseEquus ferus2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2024

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects39 species

springsummer

2026

Brown Hawker · Harlequin Ladybird · Dock Bug · Alder Leaf Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly +34

Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025

🌿

Plants20 species

springsummerwinter

2026

Spear Thistle · Butterbur · Common Ragwort · Meadow Crane's-bill · Lesser Celandine +15

Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
ButterburPetasites hybridus
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

15,056 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Magpie · Willow Tit · Carrion Crow +57

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Great TitParus major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
SwiftApus apus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Pica pica picaPica pica pica2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

spring

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Hare · Brown Rat · Horse

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
HorseEquus ferus2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2024

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects39 species

springsummer

2026

Brown Hawker · Harlequin Ladybird · Dock Bug · Alder Leaf Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly +34

Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025

🌿

Plants20 species

springsummerwinter

2026

Spear Thistle · Butterbur · Common Ragwort · Meadow Crane's-bill · Lesser Celandine +15

Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
ButterburPetasites hybridus
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Eirian Evans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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