Gailey Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.39352, -2.44037
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Trans Pennine Trail
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Bollin Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Warrington to Ashton-upon-Mersey)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
GM Ringway Stage 17Walking route16.6 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 17 - Leigh to Irlam
Named routeLength 16.6 kmRegional walking route
36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Irlam & Cadishead CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef ICCLocal cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Bridgewater WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 82Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.3 km▾
Named routeRef 62Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route177 m▾
Named routeRef 62Length 177 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
11,043 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
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springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
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- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
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- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
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- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
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summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Mystacides longicornis · Common Cockchafer · Orange Ladybird · Pelenomus quadrituberculatus · Paradromius linearis +37
- Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2025
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Pelenomus quadrituberculatusPelenomus quadrituberculatus2025
- Paradromius linearisParadromius linearis2025
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Wildlife to spot
11,043 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Greenfinch +46
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
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- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
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Common Toad
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- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Pelenomus quadrituberculatusPelenomus quadrituberculatus2025
- Paradromius linearisParadromius linearis2025
- Philorhizus melanocephalus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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