Rayswood - Broadleaved woodland
25 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome25 ha
Getting here
53.23407, -2.14156
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
- 🅿️Parking 304m 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 304m away — 8 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Lowland raised bog — bog butterflies and rare invertebrates
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 36 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 17Walking route16.2 km▾
Named routeLength 16.2 kmRegional walking route
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 18Walking route13.7 km▾
Named routeLength 13.7 kmRegional walking route
Dane Valley WayWalking route66 km▾
Buxton to Northwich
Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route
Shutlingsloe WalkWalking route10 km▾
Named routeLength 10 kmLocal walking route
Gaw End Lanepublic footpath · 22 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 22 mPath type: unclassified
Turf Lanepublic footpath · 73 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 73 mPath type: track
Turf Lanepublic footpath · 265 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 265 mPath type: track
43 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Route 71Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 71Regional cycle route
Wizard TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Middlewood WayCycling route▾
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route139 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 139 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Grit and Gears IIMountain bike route▾
Forest BridlewayMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Macclesfield - Path across Danes Moss Nature Reserve
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Wildlife to spot
26,982 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,982 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Moorhen · Coot · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +26
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Mole
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
Syrphus ribesii · Scathophaga stercoraria · Birch Shieldbug · Spiked Shieldbug · Formica lemani +4
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens
- Formica lemaniFormica lemani
- Sepsis fulgensSepsis fulgens
- 7-spot Ladybird
Alder · Holly · Common Nettle · Raspberry
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,982 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Moorhen · Coot · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +26
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Mole
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
Syrphus ribesii · Scathophaga stercoraria · Birch Shieldbug · Spiked Shieldbug · Formica lemani +4
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens
- Formica lemaniFormica lemani
- Sepsis fulgensSepsis fulgens
- 7-spot Ladybird
Alder · Holly · Common Nettle · Raspberry
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinella septempunctata
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalarePlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus