Broadleaved woodland near Flixton
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.44127, -2.39354
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 km7 signed routes nearby · 2 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 17Walking route16.6 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 17 - Leigh to Irlam
Named routeLength 16.6 kmRegional walking route
109 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Port Salford GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Urmston-Ashton cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Port Salford GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Irlam & Cadishead CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef ICCLocal cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
57,276 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
57,276 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Magpie · Black-headed Gull +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CootFulica atra
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Grey Squirrel · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
Silver Birch · Hazel · Daisy · Groundsel · Common Chickweed +4
- Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
- HazelCorylus avellana
- DaisyBellis perennis
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- GorseUlex europaeus2025
- Hornbeam
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
57,276 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Magpie · Black-headed Gull +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CootFulica atra
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Grey Squirrel · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
Silver Birch · Hazel · Daisy · Groundsel · Common Chickweed +4
- Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
- HazelCorylus avellana
- DaisyBellis perennis
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- GorseUlex europaeus2025
- Hornbeam
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Carpinus betulus2025
Carpinus betulus2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025