Broom Covert - Woodland
0 ha
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
53.43510, -2.77086
Open directionsv
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
- 🛝Playground 278m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ 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
- 🛝Playground 278m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 856Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 856National Cycle Network
Sankey Canal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route22 m▾
Named routeRef 56Length 22 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route8 m▾
Named routeLength 8 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route140 m▾
Named routeLength 140 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route39 m▾
Named routeRef 56Length 39 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
15,479 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,479 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Canada Goose · Coot · Moorhen · Mallard +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummer
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Daubenton's Bat +3
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Green Shieldbug · 14-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Platycheirus +7
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Broad Centurion
Selfheal · Common Ragwort · Black Nightshade · Great Willowherb · Shepherd's-purse +29
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,479 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Canada Goose · Coot · Moorhen · Mallard +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummer
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Daubenton's Bat +3
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Green Shieldbug · 14-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Platycheirus +7
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Broad Centurion
Selfheal · Common Ragwort · Black Nightshade · Great Willowherb · Shepherd's-purse +29
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025Chloromyia formosa
Chloromyia formosa
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaCommon Rose FusehornArge paganaCommon Rose FusehornArge paganaClay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularisClay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularisXanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumSnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2025SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025BalmMelissa officinalis2025BalmMelissa officinalis2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Wild CherryPrunus avium2025Wild CherryPrunus avium2025Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena2025Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2025Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2025Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025Events & activities nearby
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