Broadleaved woodland near Bottom of Woodhouses
4 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.49018, -2.14597
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 233m away — 8 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 233m away — 8 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
Named hiking route nearby: Medlock Valley Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 22 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Vale Lanepublic footpath · 52 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 52 mSurface settPath type: unclassified
158 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network
Audenshaw Ashton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 626Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 626National Cycle Network
Ashton Canal CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Fallowfield LoopCycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
7,824 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,824 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Kestrel · Magpie · Jay · Woodpigeon · Cormorant +34
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- CootFulica atra
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Western Honey Bee · Common Green Grasshopper · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Helophilus pendulus · Eristalis tenax +5
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni
- Syrphus
Meadow Crane's-bill · Purple-loosestrife · Common Nettle · Hawthorn · Hogweed +27
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025
- Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,824 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Kestrel · Magpie · Jay · Woodpigeon · Cormorant +34
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- CootFulica atra
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Western Honey Bee · Common Green Grasshopper · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Helophilus pendulus · Eristalis tenax +5
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni
- Syrphus
Meadow Crane's-bill · Purple-loosestrife · Common Nettle · Hawthorn · Hogweed +27
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025
- Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus
Syrphus
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025
2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaSowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2025Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2025Pale ToadflaxLinaria repens2025Pale ToadflaxLinaria repens2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2025Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2025SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025New Zealand PigmyweedCrassula helmsii2025New Zealand PigmyweedCrassula helmsii2025White PoplarPopulus alba2025White PoplarPopulus alba2025False-acaciaRobinia pseudoacacia2025False-acaciaRobinia pseudoacacia2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Events & activities nearby
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