Broadleaved woodland near Ashton-under-Lyne
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.48372, -2.09386
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
- ☕Asda Café — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Asda Café — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
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 km10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Medlock Valley WayWalking route▾
Fred Perry WayWalking route▾
Manchester Green Trail 1Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
137 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network
Audenshaw Ashton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Stalybridge & Diggle Loop LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 626Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 626National Cycle Network
Ashton Canal CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Saddleworth LinearCycling 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
Photos
Asda Tunnel, Ashton Canal
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Wildlife to spot
12,355 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,355 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Blue Tit +39
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Syrphus
Netted Crust · Coral Spot · Elder Whitewash · Amber Jelly · Silver Leaf Disease +46
- Netted CrustByssomerulius corium
- Coral SpotNectria cinnabarina
- Elder WhitewashXylodon sambuci
- Amber JellyExidia recisa
- Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum
- Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
- Coesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipes
Black Spleenwort · Ivy · Ribwort Plantain · Holly · Wall-rue
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- IvyHedera helix
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,355 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Blue Tit +39
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Syrphus
Netted Crust · Coral Spot · Elder Whitewash · Amber Jelly · Silver Leaf Disease +46
- Netted CrustByssomerulius corium
- Coral SpotNectria cinnabarina
- Elder WhitewashXylodon sambuci
- Amber JellyExidia recisa
- Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum
- Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
- Coesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipes
Black Spleenwort · Ivy · Ribwort Plantain · Holly · Wall-rue
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- IvyHedera helix
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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