Crookilley Wood - Broadleaved woodland
8 ha
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🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
53.41695, -2.15647
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 171m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 171m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🛝Playground
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 55
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 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
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Stockport to Silkstone Common)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Ashton-upon-Mersey to Stockport)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
241 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network
Alan Newton WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
A6 alternate routeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Errwood Road CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Ladybrook CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
12,295 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,295 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +30
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
American Mink · Grey Squirrel
- American MinkNeovison vison
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Eristalis tenax · Harlequin Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Syrphus +4
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Common Chickweed · Groundsel · Gorse · Ground-ivy · Ash +34
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,295 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +30
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
American Mink · Grey Squirrel
- American MinkNeovison vison
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Eristalis tenax · Harlequin Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Syrphus +4
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Common Chickweed · Groundsel · Gorse · Ground-ivy · Ash +34
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025Cherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaCherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisCommon WhitlowgrassErophila vernaCommon WhitlowgrassErophila vernaDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Events & activities nearby
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