Robin Wood - Broadleaved woodland
15 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
53.44354, -1.97690
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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 207m away — 8 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 207m away — 8 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
🚵Mountain biking
Good match
Named MTB route nearby: Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 34 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tameside Trail (East - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pennine Way (Edale to Crowden)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Charlesworth alternative route)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Pennine Bridleway Interim Route for WalkersWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Adderley Placepublic footpath · 38 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 38 mSurface unpavedPath type: unclassified
Adderley Roadpublic footpath · 27 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 27 mSurface unpavedPath type: residential
Primrose Crescentpublic footpath · 66 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 66 mPath type: service
38 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Stalybridge & Diggle Loop LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Trans-Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TPTRegional cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Longdendale TrailCycling route▾
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km▾
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network
Tame Valley LoopMountain bike route29 km▾
Named routeRef AdvancedLength 29 kmLocal cycle route
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38,315 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
38,315 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Magpie +44
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Oligotricha striata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Oligotricha striataOligotricha striata
🌿Plants7 species
winterspring
2026▾
Maidenhair Spleenwort · Honeysuckle · Sycamore · Yellow Archangel · Ivy-leaved Toadflax +2
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
38,315 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Magpie +44
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Oligotricha striata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Oligotricha striataOligotricha striata
🌿Plants7 species
winterspring
2026▾
Maidenhair Spleenwort · Honeysuckle · Sycamore · Yellow Archangel · Ivy-leaved Toadflax +2
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2025Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2025