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Opening Times
Open every Sunday, 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Plus selected other dates or by appointment, see official website for full details.
Admission Prices
Free: voluntary donations requested. |
Official Website
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Facilities
Special Needs
Toilets with full disabled facilities.
Paths upgraded during 2006 to improve wheelchair access.
Attractions
Animal Collections
Birds
Note: The animal pictures on this page are merely representative of this type of attraction; they do not mean that the animals can be found at this specific attraction.
Special Attractions
Guided tours
Description
The Three Owls Bird Sanctuary, near Rochdale in Lancashire, is primarily a wild bird hospital and rehabilitation centre; it is open for bird admissions daily between 9am and 4pm, or for emergencies at any time. It is open to visitors on Sundays (12noon to 4pm) and during special fund raising events. Depending on the time of year (June/July are usually the busiest), there may be between 200 and 1000 birds at various stages of rehabilitation. Birds are normally rehabilitated successfully and returned to the wild. However, where this is not possible, they are given sanctuary in one of the many aviaries, or on the Sanctuary's 4.5 acre nature reserve. Guided tours are given around the reserve during normal visitor opening times. The reserve is also home to a heronry, at one time the largest in the Northwest, that was started by a pair of herons rescued by the Sanctuary in the 1980's.
Although there is no admission fee for visitors, the Three Owls Bird Sanctuary is funded entirely by voluntary donations or other fund raising activities, so please give generously.
How To Get There:
By Car
From Manchester (M60):
Take M60 towards Rochdale. At junction with M66 and M62 (J18), turn left onto M66 north, and continue to J2. Turn right onto A58 (Bury New Road) towards Heywood. Continue onto Bury St. (A58), and follow one-way system left onto Dawson St. Turn left at mini roundabout onto Bamford Road. Continue to `T' junction with B6222 (Bury & Rochdale Old Road) and turn right towards Rochdale. At second set of traffic lights, turn left onto Norden Road. Continue onto Bagslate Moor Road to junction with A680. Turn left onto Edenfield Road (A680) towards and into Norden. After about 1 mile, turn left into Hutchinson Road, between the bus terminus and The Bridge Inn. Continue past all of the houses and through the recreation ground, where the road becomes Wolstenholme Fold. Three Owls is then 300 yards on the left.
From Burnley and Blackburn (A56):
Follow the A56 south towards M66 and Manhcester. Either continue onto M66, exit at J2 and follow directions as above, or leave the A56 into Edenfield, and follow the A680 towards Rochdale. Follow the A680 into Norden, and turn right into Hutchinson Road at the bottom of the hill, between the Bus Terminus and The Bridge Inn. Follow Hutchinson Road to Three Owls as described above.
From Huddersfield (M62):
Take the M62 towards Rochdale. At junction 20, turn right onto the A627(M) into Rochdale. Bear left th the traffic lights onto A664. At the roundabout, take the second exit onto B6452 Roch Valley Way. Continue across traffic lights into Sandy Lane, then turn left at next traffic lights onto A680 Edenfield Road. Continue on A680 towards Burnley and Blackburn, and into Norden. Turn left into Hutchinson Road, between the bus terminus and The Bridge Inn. Follow Hutchinson Road to Three Owls as described above.
By Public Transport
By bus:
Bus No. 244 runs regularly between Rochdale and Rawtenstall (via Norden),
Bus No. 444 runs regularly between Rochdale and Norden,
Bus No. 167 runs every 2 hours between Manchester and Norden.
In all cases, alight at Norden Bus Terminus, and walk along Hutchinson Road to the Three Owls Bird Sanctuary, as described by road above.
For bus times, call 0870 608 2 608.
By train:
Nearest train stations: Rochdale, Castleton. No bus services run directly from train stations to Norden. For train times call 08457 484950
Data on this page last updated: Mar 14 2007
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