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Millmoorhead Wood - Broadleaved woodland

5 ha

📷 Eirian Evans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

WildlifeBirdsForaging
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha

Getting here

53.18706, -1.89549

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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
  • 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
High Peak TrailWalking route27 km
Named routeLength 27 kmRegional walking route
Manifold TrailWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Dane Valley WayWalking route66 km

Buxton to Northwich

Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 16Walking route18.1 km
Named routeLength 18.1 kmRegional walking route
Hollinsclough FP 21public footpath · 343 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 343 mPath type: footway
Hollinsclough FP 22public footpath · 400 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 400 mPath type: footway
Heathylee FP 41public footpath · 62 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 62 mPath type: footway
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Cycling

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine Cycleway (on road alternative)Cycling route
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Pennine CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Route 549Cycling route
Named routeRef 549National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km
Named routeRef 68Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route2.3 km
Named routeRef 68Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route2.2 km
Named routeRef 68Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Bullock and Calf, Moss Carr

📷 Eirian Evans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Bullock and Calf, Moss Carr

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

⛪St Bartholomew's ChurchReligious grounds1.9 km→✦Pilsbury Castle Hills motte and bailey castleHistoric site4.6 km→✦Pilsbury CastleHistoric site4.6 km→✦Bowl barrow north-east of CoatestownHistoric site1.1 km→⛪St Michael's ChurchReligious grounds2.5 km→⛪St Paul's ChurchReligious grounds4.7 km→

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