Broadleaved woodland near Flixton
3 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.44361, -2.39399
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 131m away — 20 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 131m away — 20 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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 5 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
Jack Lanepublic footpath · 387 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 387 mSurface unpavedPath type: footway
103 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
58,099 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
58,099 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Black-headed Gull +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CootFulica atra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Mole · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Silver Birch · Hazel · Daisy · Groundsel · Common Chickweed +4
- Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
- HazelCorylus avellana
- DaisyBellis perennis
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- GorseUlex europaeus2025
- Hart's-Tongue
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
58,099 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Black-headed Gull +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CootFulica atra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Mole · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Silver Birch · Hazel · Daisy · Groundsel · Common Chickweed +4
- Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
- HazelCorylus avellana
- DaisyBellis perennis
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- GorseUlex europaeus2025
- Hart's-Tongue
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Asplenium scolopendrium2025
Asplenium scolopendrium2025
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025