Top rated Nature preserves in Manchester, United Kingdom to elevate your visit (Updated February, 2024)

Top rated Nature preserves in Manchester

Experience the best that Manchester has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 1K places from Nature preserve category.

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Annstead Dunes Nature Reserve

Nature preserve

👍👍 A beautiful stretch of golden sandy beach with rock pools. There is chance of seeing herons, redshank, curlew, sanderling and ringed plover. There are paths that wonder through the reserve and down to the beach. These paths are narrow. Parking is available alongside the B1340 - OS map ref NU225 305...

5.00 (41 reviews) (~235.4 km from centre)

National Trust - Farne Islands

Nature preserve

👍👍 Excellent trip with Serenity Tours, nearly three hours with an hour on the Inner Farne island which is free to land on for National Trust members. I only had my phone camera but I was amazed how close we could actually get to the nesting birds; so an expensive super zoom camera wasn't really necessa...

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4.90 (976 reviews) (~242.51 km from centre)

Three Cliffs

Nature preserve

👍👍 A bit of a trek to this treat of a beach but well worth it. We got there about a hour before the tides came in, it was an amazing experience to see the sea reclaim its space, had to keep moving back as the water kept covering the beach, kids were amazed and frankly so was I😂

4.90 (396 reviews) (~246.99 km from centre)

Grey Mares Tail Nature Reserve

Nature preserve

Named for its striking 60-m. waterfall, this park offers a variety of trails & diverse wildlife.

4.90 (377 reviews) (~227.47 km from centre)

National Trust - South Snowdonia

Nature preserve

👍👍 Free car par, only small but does have another small overflow next to it. Great little picnic spot to stop in. Lovely peaceful flowing waters here, there's a bridge to walk over that leads you onto a walking area as well but we just stopped and rested here a while on our road trip!

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4.90 (330 reviews) (~133.12 km from centre)

Weardale

Nature preserve

Gently rolling landscape popular for walking & biking, with a vintage railway & a mining museum.

4.90 (253 reviews) (~141.92 km from centre)

Upper Burbage

Nature preserve

👍👍 Beautiful views all around, heather was out so gorgeous colour

4.90 (141 reviews) (~44.86 km from centre)

The Tranquil Otter

Lodge

Posh lakeside cottages with kitchens & open-plan living areas, plus private decks with hot tubs.

4.90 (129 reviews) (~166.57 km from centre)

Saltburn Beach Cliffs.

Nature preserve

👍👍 What a beautiful unspoilt setting for a walk.

4.90 (122 reviews) (~148.39 km from centre)

Hawthorn Dene Nature Reserve

Nature preserve

Dogs allowed

4.90 (97 reviews) (~158.92 km from centre)

Kinder Reservoir

Nature preserve

👍👍 Beautiful place to walk past. To think this was built before the times of heavy machinery is amazing some great little places close by hidden away like the sheep wash. Also some great waterfalls on the Inflow stream.

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4.90 (94 reviews) (~24.06 km from centre)

North Pennines

Nature preserve

Picturesque UNESCO Global Geopark featuring lush moors, farms, rivers, trails & a sizable waterfall.

4.90 (87 reviews) (~142.38 km from centre)

Rivelin Glen

Nature preserve

👍👍 Went with friends for a walk, it is absolutely stunning and beautiful place to spend a day there.

4.90 (84 reviews) (~47.28 km from centre)

Jack Scout

Nature preserve

👍 Lovely walk along the cliff, really peaceful through bracken and woodland on a well marked path

4.90 (59 reviews) (~84.52 km from centre)

The Gorse Millennium Green

Nature preserve

Dogs allowed

4.90 (56 reviews) (~53.44 km from centre)

Pensthorpe Nature Reserve

Nature preserve

👍 Lovely large nature reserve and gardens. I thought this would be marshes and rough footpaths and hides but I was so wrong. There different length walking trails with 5 lovely gardens with interesting sculptures and a large children's adventure playground. There are hides around the centre and an ea...

4.90 (51 reviews) (~221.34 km from centre)

Draycott Sleights

Nature preserve

👍👍 Butterflies, birds stunning views out over the Mendips and beyond

4.90 (48 reviews) (~249.15 km from centre)

Clent Hills

Nature preserve

👍👍 A stunning view of the sunset. Do not follow satnav to get to car park

4.90 (44 reviews) (~117.91 km from centre)

Siccaridge Wood

Nature preserve

👍👍 One of our favourite walks! Would recommend Siccaridge Wood to anyone. Great for dog walkers too!

4.90 (38 reviews) (~194.94 km from centre)

Ubley Warren

Nature preserve

👍👍 A lovely spot to relax in the sun shine. The Warren is beautiful and with the well equipped top bolts, it is an excellent place to take kids or beginners to enjoy some top rope climbing. Also nice for a casual bit of highball bouldering if that takes your fancy.

4.90 (37 reviews) (~244.9 km from centre)

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Top rated Nature preserves in Manchester, United Kingdom