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Hell Clough - Woodland

✦ Ancient woodland6 ha

📷 Peter Whatley · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha

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52.92887, -1.95632

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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 250m away — 8 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 250m away — 8 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Parking· Free

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

1 signed route nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Stone Circles ChallengeWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

4,452 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,452 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants162 species

summer

2025

Cleavers · Germander Speedwell · Field-rose · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill · Wild Plum +157

CleaversGalium aparine
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Field-roseRosa arvensis
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Wild PlumPrunus domestica
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
NipplewortLapsana communis
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Curled DockRumex crispus
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
HollyIlex aquifolium
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
ElderSambucus nigra
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata
Black BentAgrostis gigantea
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Nettle-Leaved GoosefootChenopodiastrum murale
Slender Soft-bromeBromus lepidus
Common SallowSalix cinerea
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Black BryonyTamus communis
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Creeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorum
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
Duke of Argyll's TeaplantLycium barbarum
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Bay WillowSalix pentandra
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
BroomCytisus scoparius
LilacSyringa vulgaris
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Italian Rye-grassLolium multiflorum
WalnutJuglans regia
Common ComfreySymphytum officinale
SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
ButterburPetasites hybridus
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Bush VetchVicia sepium
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Fat-henChenopodium album
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
Dog-roseRosa canina
Great BromeAnisantha diandra
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Evergreen OakQuercus ilex
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
IvyHedera helix
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina
Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
HazelCorylus avellana
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Lesser Water-parsnipBerula erecta
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Spear MintMentha spicata
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
DaisyBellis perennis
Field MapleAcer campestre
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
HonestyLunaria annua
Common VetchVicia sativa
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
AshFraxinus excelsior
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
DandelionTaraxacum
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Red CampionSilene dioica
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Hedera hibernica 'Hibernica'Hedera hibernica 'Hibernica'
White CloverTrifolium repens
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis
White Water-lilyNymphaea alba
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis
Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,452 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants162 species

summer

2025

Cleavers · Germander Speedwell · Field-rose · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill · Wild Plum +157

CleaversGalium aparine
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Field-roseRosa arvensis
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Wild PlumPrunus domestica
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
NipplewortLapsana communis
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Curled DockRumex crispus
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
HollyIlex aquifolium
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
ElderSambucus nigra
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata
Black BentAgrostis gigantea
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Nettle-Leaved GoosefootChenopodiastrum murale
Slender Soft-bromeBromus lepidus
Common SallowSalix cinerea
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Black BryonyTamus communis
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Creeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorum
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
Duke of Argyll's TeaplantLycium barbarum
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Bay WillowSalix pentandra
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
BroomCytisus scoparius
LilacSyringa vulgaris
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Italian Rye-grassLolium multiflorum
WalnutJuglans regia
Common ComfreySymphytum officinale
SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
ButterburPetasites hybridus
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Bush VetchVicia sepium
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Fat-henChenopodium album
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
Dog-roseRosa canina
Great BromeAnisantha diandra
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Evergreen OakQuercus ilex
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
IvyHedera helix
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina
Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
HazelCorylus avellana
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Lesser Water-parsnipBerula erecta
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Spear MintMentha spicata
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
DaisyBellis perennis
Field MapleAcer campestre
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
HonestyLunaria annua
Common VetchVicia sativa
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
AshFraxinus excelsior
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
DandelionTaraxacum
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Red CampionSilene dioica
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Hedera hibernica 'Hibernica'Hedera hibernica 'Hibernica'
White CloverTrifolium repens
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis
White Water-lilyNymphaea alba
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis
Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Peter Whatley · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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