Broadleaved woodland near Brindle Heath
2 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.49734, -2.29911
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 314m away — 6 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 314m away — 6 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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 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▾
Rochdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef RochRegional walking route
192 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network
Port Salford GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Broughton CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Media City LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Swinton GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 86Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 86Local cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Philips Park Waterdale TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Philips Park Figure 8 trailMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
17,639 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,639 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRock Dove · Carrion Crow · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Magpie · Woodpigeon +21
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- CootFulica atra
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Mole
Green Shieldbug · Coenosia tigrina
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina
Ganoderma adspersum · Bleeding Broadleaf Crust · Lumpy Bracket · Candlesnuff Fungus · Beechmast Candlesnuff +36
- Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum
- Bleeding Broadleaf CrustStereum rugosum
- Lumpy BracketTrametes gibbosa
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Beechmast CandlesnuffXylaria carpophila
- Physcia adscendensPhyscia adscendens
- Bleeding Oak Crust
🌿Plants8 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Common Nettle · Narcissus agg. · Lesser Celandine · Hyacinth · Snowdrop +3
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- HyacinthHyacinthus orientalis
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Scots Pine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,639 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRock Dove · Carrion Crow · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Magpie · Woodpigeon +21
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- CootFulica atra
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Mole
Green Shieldbug · Coenosia tigrina
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina
Ganoderma adspersum · Bleeding Broadleaf Crust · Lumpy Bracket · Candlesnuff Fungus · Beechmast Candlesnuff +36
- Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum
- Bleeding Broadleaf CrustStereum rugosum
- Lumpy BracketTrametes gibbosa
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Beechmast CandlesnuffXylaria carpophila
- Physcia adscendensPhyscia adscendens
- Bleeding Oak Crust
🌿Plants8 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Common Nettle · Narcissus agg. · Lesser Celandine · Hyacinth · Snowdrop +3
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- HyacinthHyacinthus orientalis
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Scots Pine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Stereum gausapatum
Stereum gausapatum
Cladonia coniocraeaCladonia coniocraeaCladonia coniocraeaCladonia coniocraeaBracken MapRhopographus filicinusBracken MapRhopographus filicinusJelly EarAuricularia auricula-judaeJelly EarAuricularia auricula-judaeBeech WoodwartHypoxylon fragiformeBeech WoodwartHypoxylon fragiformeScript LichenGraphis scripta s. lat.Script LichenGraphis scripta s. lat.King Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentricaKing Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentricaOak MossEvernia prunastriOak MossEvernia prunastriVuilleminia coryliVuilleminia coryliVuilleminia coryliVuilleminia coryliBig Smoky BracketBjerkandera fumosaBig Smoky BracketBjerkandera fumosaBlueing BracketPostia subcaesiaBlueing BracketPostia subcaesiaBay PolyporePolyporus badiusBay PolyporePolyporus badiusCrystal BrainExidia nucleataCrystal BrainExidia nucleataLecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochromaHairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutumHairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutumSycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinumSycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinumSmoky BracketBjerkandera adustaSmoky BracketBjerkandera adustaOak CrustPeniophora quercinaOak CrustPeniophora quercinaBlushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosaBlushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosaHypoxylon petriniaeHypoxylon petriniaeHypoxylon petriniaeHypoxylon petriniaeBitter OysterlingPanellus stipticusBitter OysterlingPanellus stipticusPhyscia aipoliaPhyscia aipoliaPhyscia aipoliaPhyscia aipoliaNetted CrustByssomerulius coriumNetted CrustByssomerulius coriumNeosetophoma samarorumNeosetophoma samarorumNeosetophoma samarorumNeosetophoma samarorumTurkeytailTrametes versicolorTurkeytailTrametes versicolorViolet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceumViolet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceumLepraria finkiiLepraria finkiiLepraria finkiiLepraria finkiiOlive OysterlingSarcomyxa serotinaOlive OysterlingSarcomyxa serotinaHypoxylon intermediumHypoxylon intermediumHypoxylon intermediumHypoxylon intermediumStump PuffballApioperdon pyriformeStump PuffballApioperdon pyriformeCommon Orange LichenXanthoria parietinaCommon Orange LichenXanthoria parietinaDiaporthe samaricolaDiaporthe samaricolaDiaporthe samaricolaDiaporthe samaricolaRazor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulinaRazor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulinaYellow BrainTremella mesentericaYellow BrainTremella mesentericaWrinkled CrustPhlebia radiataWrinkled CrustPhlebia radiataPinus sylvestris
Pinus sylvestris
Greater PeriwinkleVinca majorGreater PeriwinkleVinca majorWhite DogwoodCornus alba2025White DogwoodCornus alba2025