Pennington Flash

Nice relaxing reservoir with a car park, children's play area and cafe. Whilst we didn't complete the whole circular, the areas we covered were wheelchair friendly. Children enjoyed it. Overall, it was a nice place to retreat to for nature lovers but nothing much more than a reservoir and the play area.

mohammed hilal

1 month ago

Lovely walking area for dogs and families. Has a cafe where you can enjoy a drink or something to eat. There's a park for the kids. With ice cream hut Lovely place ✨

Victoria Leatherbarrow

1 month ago

Lovely place to walk around, great park, plenty of space for parking to, little ice cream parlour hut, could spend a good fre hours here entertaining the kids..

Cee Mellor

2 months ago

Great place for walks and wildlife. The coffee and snacks are pretty good too.

bryce davidson

6 months ago

Very nice local nature reserve with well maintained paths and resources. Hides in good condition with plenty of interesting bird life on lakes and in woodland. Cafe modern and good selection of food and drink.

Paul Hollinghurst

7 months ago

Had a lovely afternoon stroll around the Flash. Car park and visitors area look great since the upgrade

mike wilkins

7 months ago

Great wildlife and places of stunning scenery. Photographers will love this place.

Andrew Greep

1 year ago

When you pay for car park you expect nice, well kept place- instead of this you get muddy paths. You walk around pond and can't see the water. Car park closed at 5pm ?. Other car park not opened. Not recommended this place

Joanna J

1 year ago

Very relaxing place to have a wander and twitch at some birds

David Moore

1 year ago

Always an amazing relaxing walk around the flash, bumping into sheep, horses and even alpacas (slightly off trail, but always good to explore!). Take wellies for the ultimate off-road experience ?

David Stoddart

1 year ago

Always a lovely place to go for a walk, my son enjoyed the new park and feeding the duckies. I do think gendered toilets would be a good idea, having to clean pee off the toilet seat before going to the bathroom isnt ideal.

Sharna

1 year ago

Nice cafe with nice staff (cafes a bit pricey though) toilets available, lake and birdwatches are always a nice activity. Obviously iron man starts here so it's been busy there recently and they are building a new kids play park at the minute so I'm not sure there's anywhere to play for now for kids (except like the grass and path bits) lots of trees to climb though!!

EllieSmith

1 year ago

Absolutely wonderful. Beautiful simple layout. Easy to do a circular walk. The bird hides are very well located. An excellent opportunity to observe nature without causing any concern. I saw numerous herons, some flying very close to the hide. Deers feeding at leisure. I spotted lots of birds I could tick off in my book of British birds. The cafe was very busy and not everything on the menu was available, however my toated teacake and cappuccino was very tasty. Toilets clean though floor muddy which can't be helped. Also very dog friendly. I would highly recommend this Nature Reserve.

nafisa ingar

2 years ago

Wasn't a bad walk but wouldn't rush back to it. Can get extremely busy here but was very quiet once you'd past the crowd and strolled further out from the cafe area. You can also walk along the canal if your prefer.

Haylee Mahon

2 years ago

Great find, excellent place to take the family and dogs. Lovley cafe right at the side of the car park. Parking price £1.50 for all day. Ticket machine on approach dosent work so you need to pay at the cafe. Plenty benches around the flash to sit.

Hideaway Hannah

2 years ago

Gorgeous lake with lots of wildlife. Lots of dens to wait and watch different birds. Lots of dog walkers and a cute little coffee shop too with lots of hot food choices plus hot drinks and ice creams. Parking is just £1.50 for a whole day and only 30 mins drive from The Trafford Centre.

M Gill

2 years ago

Brilliant place to walk and get a bit of fresh air. Brilliant paths to follow around the lake. Lots of wildlife to see. Brilliant parking

Natalie Dyke

2 years ago

Nice walk around Pennington flash with the dog . Just a shame young idiots on motorbikes was flying up and down the tracks not very ideal when your out walking with your daughter was a nice peaceful walk before they turned up more needs to be done to stop these idiots gaining access and wrecking the tracks

Richard Harrison

2 years ago

Great walk i love to buy a coffee n donuts then enjoy my walk all the way around the flash and down the canal..good few hours walk..and can take different routes its good

adele clarke

2 years ago

Large lake. Great for boating. Great day out.

ANT 73

2 years ago

Worth venturing out here if you have a few hours spare. Parking is cheap at £1.50 for the whole day and there's plenty to do for the whole family. You can do a simple walk, feed the ducks, birdwatching using the special huts and there's nothing stopping you from taking a bike ride here.

Baz Patel

2 years ago

Stunning place for a walk or bike ride. Ample parking and access to the canal

cara bedford

2 years ago

Lovely walk , stunning views and refreshments available. Just wish the car park was bigger.

Nicolas Ibberson

2 years ago

Have plenty sitting area here, long walking path’s in the forest ? brilliant

N G

2 years ago

Great place for a walk, either by yourself, family and even with your dog. Plenty of different routes to walk from short walks to long ones all the way around the lake. Loads of ducks to feed and there was a couple of ice cream vans and food vans to great drinks and a bite to eat. Even though it was busy it was easy to social distance when walking round here with the many different routes and the wide paths and open fields, just incase.

Jordon Parry

4 years ago