Gib Lane Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.41254, -2.26000
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 160m away — 10 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 160m away — 10 car parks within reach
- £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
Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Network 56
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking 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
GM Ringway Stage 2Walking route10.5 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 2 - Sale Water Park to Didsbury Village
Named routeLength 10.5 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 3Walking route11.7 km▾
Named routeLength 11.7 kmRegional walking route
334 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Errwood Road CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
47,740 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
47,740 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Mallard · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Blue Tit +36
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects11 species
winterspring
2026▾
Scathophaga stercoraria · Grey-patched Mining Bee · Eristalis pertinax · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee +6
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Asaphidion curtumAsaphidion curtum
Lesser Celandine · Butterbur · Marsh-marigold · Ramsons · Dandelion +11
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- DaisyBellis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
47,740 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Mallard · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Blue Tit +36
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects11 species
winterspring
2026▾
Scathophaga stercoraria · Grey-patched Mining Bee · Eristalis pertinax · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee +6
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Asaphidion curtumAsaphidion curtum
Lesser Celandine · Butterbur · Marsh-marigold · Ramsons · Dandelion +11
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- DaisyBellis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
