Beccles Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.40767, -2.31328
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
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 9 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
276 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
A555 CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 60Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network
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
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Wildlife to spot
22,920 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,920 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRock Dove · Black-headed Gull · Yellow-legged Gull · Shoveler · Starling +5
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- MagpiePica pica2025
Turkeytail · Candlesnuff Fungus · Glistening Inkcap · Crystal Brain · Smoky Bracket +99
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus
- Crystal BrainExidia nucleata
- Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
- Oak CrustPeniophora quercina
- Stump PuffballApioperdon pyriforme
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,920 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRock Dove · Black-headed Gull · Yellow-legged Gull · Shoveler · Starling +5
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- MagpiePica pica2025
Turkeytail · Candlesnuff Fungus · Glistening Inkcap · Crystal Brain · Smoky Bracket +99
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus
- Crystal BrainExidia nucleata
- Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
- Oak CrustPeniophora quercina
- Stump PuffballApioperdon pyriforme
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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