Broadleaved woodland near Roe Cross
4 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.46357, -2.02129
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 285m away — 4 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 285m away — 4 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
🚵Mountain biking
Good match
Named MTB route nearby: Tame Valley Loop
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 8 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
Trans-Pennine Trail (Charlesworth alternative route)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Pennine Bridleway Interim Route for WalkersWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Stockport to Silkstone Common)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Gallowsclough Roadpublic footpath · 845 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 845 mSurface compactedPath type: unclassified
73 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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16,961 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
16,961 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Rook +34
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- HoopoeUpupa epops2024
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Common Shrew · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Syrphus · Limnephilus lunatus · Acrossus rufipes · Red-legged Shieldbug · Swollen-thighed Beetle +28
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025
- Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Canadian Waterweed · Fringed Water-lily · Wood Horsetail · Raspberry
- Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis
- Fringed Water-lilyNymphoides peltata
- Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum
- RaspberryRubus idaeus2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,961 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Rook +34
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- HoopoeUpupa epops2024
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Common Shrew · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Syrphus · Limnephilus lunatus · Acrossus rufipes · Red-legged Shieldbug · Swollen-thighed Beetle +28
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025
- Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Canadian Waterweed · Fringed Water-lily · Wood Horsetail · Raspberry
- Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis
- Fringed Water-lilyNymphoides peltata
- Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum
- RaspberryRubus idaeus2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2025Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2025Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2025Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2025Aphrophora majorAphrophora major2025Aphrophora majorAphrophora major2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025House-flyMusca domestica2025House-flyMusca domestica2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2025Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2025Athripsodes albifronsAthripsodes albifrons2025Athripsodes albifronsAthripsodes albifrons2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025HeteromyzaHeteromyza2025HeteromyzaHeteromyza2025Limnephilus sparsusLimnephilus sparsus2025Limnephilus sparsusLimnephilus sparsus2025Murky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybata2025Murky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybata2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Heteromyza commixtaHeteromyza commixta2025Heteromyza commixtaHeteromyza commixta2025Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2024Parent BugElasmucha grisea2024Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2024Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2024Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2024Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2024