Gelder Wood Country Park

This small adults-only park is open all year and has 34 pitches, including a disabled suite. You can be parked and in central Manchester within half an hour of leaving the campsite, and it’s also recommended to check out Bury Open Market if you’re at Gelder Wood on a Wednesday, Friday or Saturday – it’s been voted the best in Britain and was also voted the BBC Best Food Market. If you want to relax after all that, Gelder Wood has two golf courses, coarse fishing, horse-riding or walking on the Lancashire and Yorkshire moors.

Site type

Tourist board rating

Languages spoken

English

Features

Dogs allowed

Adults only

Leisure on park

Bar or club house

Cycle hire

Evening entertainment

Fishing

Fitness centre

Indoor swimming pool

Kids' club

On-site restaurant/cafe

Outdoor swimming pool

Playground

Recreation room/arcade

TV room

Takeout

Tennis

Watersports

Amenities on park

Bath available

Car parking by site/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

Dog park

Drying room

Free wifi

Grocery store

Ice pack freezing

Internet access

Laundromat

Parent & baby washroom

Payphone

Pick-up from public transport

Portable toilet

Pub toilets

Restrooms

Shower available

Washing-up area

Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly

Motorcycle friendly

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Adults only

Barbecue grills allowed

Barbecue provided

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

Utilities

Charging facilities

Dump station

Electric car charging point(s)

Propane/gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Dog walk nearby

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby

Horseback riding nearby

Location

Gelder Wood Country Park

Ashworth Road

Rochdale

Lancashire

England

OL11 5UP

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

53.6151°N
-2.2282°W

Nearest transport

Coach

4.9 km Rochdale Interchange STAND C

9.5 km Broadway/Middleton Road

Rail

4.2 km Castleton (Manchester) Rail Station

5 km Rochdale Rail Station

7.9 km Smithy Bridge Rail Station

Airport

27.8 km Manchester Airport Terminal 2

28.2 km Manchester Airport Terminal 1

28.4 km Manchester Airport

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Local attractions

Must see

Manchester City Experience 14.8 km

People's History Museum 15 km

Manchester Art Gallery 15.3 km

Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) 15.5 km

Manchester Museum 16.4 km

National Trust

Marsden Moor Estate 19.7 km

Hardcastle Crags 21 km

Gawthorpe Hall 21.3 km

Lyme Park 31.2 km

Hare Hill 36.7 km

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

QUEEN'S PARK, ROCHDALE 1.9 km

ROCHDALE CEMETERY 3 km

FALINGE PARK 4.4 km

BROADFIELD PARK 4.6 km

Bleakholt - Scout Moor - Waugh's Well - Plunge Valley 6.7 km

Local events

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Rewind North (Friday, August 2, 2024 – Friday, August 2, 2024)
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Creamfields (Thursday, August 22, 2024 – Thursday, August 22, 2024)
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Buxton Festival (Thursday, July 4, 2024 – Thursday, July 4, 2024)
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Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.