Broadleaved woodland near Salford Quays
5 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.47676, -2.30264
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 on site — 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 on site — 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
Named cycling route nearby: Route 55
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Medlock Valley WayWalking route▾
Irwell Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Irwell Sculpture Trail (spur)Walking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Ashton-upon-Mersey to Stockport)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
283 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network
Greater Manchester regional route 85Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 85Regional cycle route
Port Salford GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Broughton CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Media City LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Link between Trans-Pennine Trail and Bridgewater WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Various monuments, Weaste Cemetery, Salford
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Wildlife to spot
9,770 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,770 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Lesser Black-backed Gull · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Rock Dove +26
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- carbo cormorantPhalacrocorax carbo carbo2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus2025
- Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🌿Plants8 species
winterspring
2026▾
Bee Orchid · Narcissus agg. · Hyacinth · Snowdrop · Scots Pine +3
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
- HyacinthHyacinthus orientalis
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
- Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
- Sticky Groundsel
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,770 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Lesser Black-backed Gull · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Rock Dove +26
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- carbo cormorantPhalacrocorax carbo carbo2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus2025
- Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🌿Plants8 species
winterspring
2026▾
Bee Orchid · Narcissus agg. · Hyacinth · Snowdrop · Scots Pine +3
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
- HyacinthHyacinthus orientalis
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
- Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
- Sticky Groundsel
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Senecio viscosus2025
Senecio viscosus2025
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025