Robin Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.45123, -1.99472
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 294m away — 2 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 294m away — 2 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 hiking route nearby: Pennine Bridleway Interim Route for Walkers
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 km14 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Goyt WayWalking route16 km▾
Named routeLength 16 kmLocal walking route
Etherow - Goyt Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tameside Trail (East - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pingot Lanepublic footpath · 58 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 58 mSurface gravelPath type: track
46 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
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▾
Stalybridge & Diggle Loop LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle 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
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
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River Etherow east of The Hague
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Wildlife to spot
27,840 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
27,840 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +42
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mole · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
🐝Insects6 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Black Clock · Harlequin Ladybird · Limnephilus lunatus · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Acrossus rufipes +1
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes
🌿Plants12 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Japanese Knotweed · Honeysuckle · Sycamore · Yellow Archangel · Ivy-leaved Toadflax +7
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,840 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +42
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mole · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
🐝Insects6 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Black Clock · Harlequin Ladybird · Limnephilus lunatus · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Acrossus rufipes +1
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes
🌿Plants12 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Japanese Knotweed · Honeysuckle · Sycamore · Yellow Archangel · Ivy-leaved Toadflax +7
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaYewTaxus baccata2025YewTaxus baccata2025Red OakQuercus rubra2025Red OakQuercus rubra2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Spear MintMentha spicata2025Spear MintMentha spicata2025Common SallowSalix cinerea2025Common SallowSalix cinerea2025Events & activities nearby
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