Great Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.45301, -2.03164
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 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
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
79 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 626Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 626National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Trans-Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TPTRegional cycle route
Ashton Canal CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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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Wildlife to spot
13,584 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,584 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Robin +26
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
🦌Mammals5 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Common Shrew · Roe Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Limnephilus lunatus · Acrossus rufipes · Red-legged Shieldbug · Syrphus · Black Clock +24
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025
- Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Canadian Waterweed · Fringed Water-lily · Wood Horsetail
- Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis
- Fringed Water-lilyNymphoides peltata
- Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,584 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Robin +26
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
🦌Mammals5 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Common Shrew · Roe Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Limnephilus lunatus · Acrossus rufipes · Red-legged Shieldbug · Syrphus · Black Clock +24
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025
- Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Canadian Waterweed · Fringed Water-lily · Wood Horsetail
- Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis
- Fringed Water-lilyNymphoides peltata
- Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
