Broadleaved woodland near Broadheath
1 ha
Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.39955, -2.34600
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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕EZ Hampers — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕EZ Hampers — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 7 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
Trans-Pennine Trail (Ashton-upon-Mersey to Stockport)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 1Walking route11.7 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 1 - St Peter's Square to Sale Water Park
Named routeLength 11.7 kmRegional walking route
Bridgewater Waypublic footpath · 1.7 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.7 kmSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Bridgewater Waypublic footpath · 542 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 542 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Bridgewater Waypublic footpath · 130 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 130 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
162 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Airport Orbital CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Greater Manchester regional route 85Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 85Regional cycle route
Airport City CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Link between Trans-Pennine Trail and Bridgewater WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Urmston-Ashton cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Blocks of flats by the Bridgewater Canal
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Wildlife to spot
17,700 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,700 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CootFulica atra
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Bat · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BatChiroptera
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Common Darter · Eristalis tenax · Alder Leaf Beetle · Eupteryx · Water Scorpion +15
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- EupteryxEupteryx2025
- Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2025
- Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2025
Ground-elder
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,700 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CootFulica atra
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Bat · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BatChiroptera
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Common Darter · Eristalis tenax · Alder Leaf Beetle · Eupteryx · Water Scorpion +15
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- EupteryxEupteryx2025
- Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2025
- Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2025
Ground-elder
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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