Primrose Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.48963, -2.07331
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Highfield Pavillion Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Highfield Pavillion Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
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 km11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Medlock Valley WayWalking route▾
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Oldham WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tameside Trail (East - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
71 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
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
11,278 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,278 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Rock Dove · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw +46
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Bat
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Broad-bodied Chaser · Syrphus · Eristalis tenax · Orange Ladybird · Vine Weevil +1
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Black Spleenwort · Ivy · Wood Avens · Ribwort Plantain · Holly +3
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- IvyHedera helix
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,278 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Rock Dove · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw +46
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Bat
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Broad-bodied Chaser · Syrphus · Eristalis tenax · Orange Ladybird · Vine Weevil +1
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Black Spleenwort · Ivy · Wood Avens · Ribwort Plantain · Holly +3
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- IvyHedera helix
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Events & activities nearby
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