Broadleaved woodland near Hassall Green
6 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
53.12990, -2.33374
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍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: National Cycle Network Route 5
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Dane Valley WayWalking route66 km▾
Buxton to Northwich
Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route
A Walk around HaslingtonWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Legions and SandWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
South Cheshire Market Towns TrailWalking route67 km▾
Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route
Charles Squarepublic footpath · 38 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 38 mPath type: residential
45 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Route 451Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 451National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Cycling the Salt RideCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 5Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
6,711 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
6,711 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds16 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Jack Snipe · Dunnock · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +11
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
🦎Reptiles1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects85 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Meadow Grasshopper · Green Shieldbug · Dock Bug · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug +80
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Cleavers · Mugwort · Spear Thistle · Daisy · Annual Meadow-grass +9
- CleaversGalium aparine
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,711 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds16 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Jack Snipe · Dunnock · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +11
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
🦎Reptiles1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects85 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Meadow Grasshopper · Green Shieldbug · Dock Bug · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug +80
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Cleavers · Mugwort · Spear Thistle · Daisy · Annual Meadow-grass +9
- CleaversGalium aparine
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
HelinaHelina2025HelinaHelina2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025SarcophagaSarcophaga2025SarcophagaSarcophaga2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025MuscidaeMuscidae2025MuscidaeMuscidae2025AnthomyiidaeAnthomyiidae2025AnthomyiidaeAnthomyiidae2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Geomyza combinata agg.Geomyza combinata agg.2025Geomyza combinata agg.Geomyza combinata agg.2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Opomyza germinationisOpomyza germinationis2025Opomyza germinationisOpomyza germinationis2025PhaoniaPhaonia2025PhaoniaPhaonia2025Dryomyza anilisDryomyza anilis2025Dryomyza anilisDryomyza anilis2025Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorSpiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025PsyllidaePsyllidae2025PsyllidaePsyllidae2025Fannia canicularisFannia canicularis2025Fannia canicularisFannia canicularis2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2025Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2025MuscaMusca2025MuscaMusca2025Palloptera ustulataPalloptera ustulata2025Palloptera ustulataPalloptera ustulata2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025HydrotaeaHydrotaea2025HydrotaeaHydrotaea2025EdwardsianaEdwardsiana2025EdwardsianaEdwardsiana2025EmpoascaEmpoasca2025EmpoascaEmpoasca2025Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2025Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2025Anthomyia liturataAnthomyia liturata2025Anthomyia liturataAnthomyia liturata2025Morellia simplexMorellia simplex2025Morellia simplexMorellia simplex2025Tachypeza nubilaTachypeza nubila2025Tachypeza nubilaTachypeza nubila2025Balclutha punctataBalclutha punctata2025Balclutha punctataBalclutha punctata2025SapromyzaSapromyza2025SapromyzaSapromyza2025Meiosimyza roridaMeiosimyza rorida2025Meiosimyza roridaMeiosimyza rorida2025MacropsisMacropsis2025MacropsisMacropsis2025Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025Helina depunctaHelina depuncta2025Helina depunctaHelina depuncta2025Suillia variegataSuillia variegata2025Suillia variegataSuillia variegata2025Anisodactylus binotatusAnisodactylus binotatus2025Anisodactylus binotatusAnisodactylus binotatus2025Cereal Leaf BeetleOulema duftschmidi/melanopus2025Cereal Leaf BeetleOulema duftschmidi/melanopus2025Ribautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrima2025Ribautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrima2025MacrostelesMacrosteles2025MacrostelesMacrosteles2025Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025MeiosimyzaMeiosimyza2025MeiosimyzaMeiosimyza2025LauxaniidaeLauxaniidae2025LauxaniidaeLauxaniidae2025EumerusEumerus2025EumerusEumerus2025Tricholauxania praeustaTricholauxania praeusta2025Tricholauxania praeustaTricholauxania praeusta2025Phaonia rufiventrisPhaonia rufiventris2025Phaonia rufiventrisPhaonia rufiventris202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025Evacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptus2025Evacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptus2025Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2025Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Snail HunterCychrus caraboides2025Snail HunterCychrus caraboides2025Rose Leaf-roller SawflyBlennocampa phyllocolpa2025Rose Leaf-roller SawflyBlennocampa phyllocolpa2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Bembidion quadrimaculatumBembidion quadrimaculatum2025Bembidion quadrimaculatumBembidion quadrimaculatum2025Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2025Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Sapromyza quadripunctataSapromyza quadripunctata2025Sapromyza quadripunctataSapromyza quadripunctata2025Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025SarcophagidaeSarcophagidae2025SarcophagidaeSarcophagidae2025EctopsocusEctopsocus2025EctopsocusEctopsocus2025Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum2025Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum2025Neophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatus2025Neophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatus2025Muscina levidaMuscina levida2025Muscina levidaMuscina levida2025Colon SawflyTenthredo colon2025Colon SawflyTenthredo colon2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025Indet. MothflyPsychodidae2025Indet. MothflyPsychodidae2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata2025Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata2025CheilosiaCheilosia2025CheilosiaCheilosia2025Helophilus hybridusHelophilus hybridus2025Helophilus hybridusHelophilus hybridus2025RhamphomyiaRhamphomyia2025RhamphomyiaRhamphomyia2025Common NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisBoreau's Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis subsp. boraeiBoreau's Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis subsp. boraei