Knowle Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.40689, -2.02670
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
- 📍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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: Cown Edge Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km22 signed routes nearby · 20 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
GM Ringway Stage 6Walking route13.4 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 6 - Strines to Marple
Named routeLength 13.4 kmRegional walking route
Lantern Pike Circular (Ethel), High PeakWalking route7.4 km▾
Named routeLength 7.4 kmDuration 02:30Round tripLocal walking route
E2 connector hiking trailWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
93 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Alan Newton WayCycling 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
Middlewood WayCycling route▾
Sett Valley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Wildlife to spot
37,294 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
37,294 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSpecies observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
37,294 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSpecies observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chalcolestes viridis
Chalcolestes viridis
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataRhagium mordaxRhagium mordaxRhagium mordaxRhagium mordaxNorellia spinipesNorellia spinipesNorellia spinipesNorellia spinipesViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusRhingia rostrataRhingia rostrataRhingia rostrataRhingia rostrataBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusBlack DarterSympetrum danaeBlack DarterSympetrum danaeChrysotoxum arcuatumChrysotoxum arcuatumChrysotoxum arcuatumChrysotoxum arcuatumField Digger WaspMellinus arvensisField Digger WaspMellinus arvensisBrown HawkerAeshna grandisBrown HawkerAeshna grandisEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesAthripsodes bilineatusAthripsodes bilineatusAthripsodes bilineatusAthripsodes bilineatusMyopa testaceaMyopa testaceaMyopa testaceaMyopa testaceaCheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrataCantharis nigricansCantharis nigricansCantharis nigricansCantharis nigricansPlatycheirus rosarumPlatycheirus rosarumPlatycheirus rosarumPlatycheirus rosarumPlatycheirus granditarsusPlatycheirus granditarsusPlatycheirus granditarsusPlatycheirus granditarsusTenthredo arcuata/brevicornis/notha/schaefferiTenthredo arcuata/brevicornis/notha/schaefferiTenthredo arcuata/brevicornis/notha/schaefferiTenthredo arcuata/brevicornis/notha/schaefferiLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareOedemera luridaOedemera luridaOedemera luridaOedemera luridaTrametes versicolor
Trametes versicolor
Elder WhitewashXylodon sambuciElder WhitewashXylodon sambuciJelly EarAuricularia auricula-judaeJelly EarAuricularia auricula-judaeBlushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosaBlushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosaGanoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersumCrystal BrainExidia nucleataCrystal BrainExidia nucleataSycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinumSycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinumSilver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureumSilver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureumBirch BesomTaphrina betulinaBirch BesomTaphrina betulinaHoof FungusFomes fomentariusHoof FungusFomes fomentariusRazor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulinaRazor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulinaLumpy BracketTrametes gibbosaLumpy BracketTrametes gibbosaRhododendron BristlebudSeifertia azaleaeRhododendron BristlebudSeifertia azaleaeBracken MapRhopographus filicinusBracken MapRhopographus filicinus2025
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