Turncliff Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland6 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
53.40388, -2.08493
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
- 🌿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
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 6Walking route13.4 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 6 - Strines to Marple
Named routeLength 13.4 kmRegional walking route
A Walk from Disley Train Station to LymeWalking route1.4 km▾
Lyme is easy to visit by train. Take this step free walk from the train station through the picturesque village of Disley to Lyme's entrance.
Named routeLength 1.4 kmDuration 00:30Point-to-pointLocal walking route
E2 connector hiking trailWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
144 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Alan Newton WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Bramhall Park–A6 CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Trans-Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TPTRegional cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
A555 CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
36,034 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
36,034 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Robin · Wigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw +33
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BadgerMeles meles2025
Trooping Funnel · Hairy Curtain Crust · Jelly Ear · Oak Crust · Hypoxylon intermedium +9
- Trooping FunnelInfundibulicybe geotropa
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Oak CrustPeniophora quercina
- Hypoxylon intermediumHypoxylon intermedium
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
- King Alfred's Cakes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
36,034 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Robin · Wigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw +33
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BadgerMeles meles2025
Trooping Funnel · Hairy Curtain Crust · Jelly Ear · Oak Crust · Hypoxylon intermedium +9
- Trooping FunnelInfundibulicybe geotropa
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Oak CrustPeniophora quercina
- Hypoxylon intermediumHypoxylon intermedium
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
- King Alfred's Cakes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Daldinia concentrica
Daldinia concentrica
Fairy InkcapCoprinellus disseminatusFairy InkcapCoprinellus disseminatusBirch BesomTaphrina betulinaBirch BesomTaphrina betulinaArtist's BracketGanoderma applanatumArtist's BracketGanoderma applanatumMoss EarChromocyphella muscicolaMoss EarChromocyphella muscicolaArthonia radiataArthonia radiataArthonia radiataArthonia radiataPeniophora limitataPeniophora limitataPeniophora limitataPeniophora limitataMycena pseudocorticolaMycena pseudocorticolaMycena pseudocorticolaMycena pseudocorticola