Boodle Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.49869, -2.09499
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
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Medlock Valley WayWalking route▾
Manchester Green Trail 1Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Oldham WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
91 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network
Audenshaw Ashton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Oldham to Lees CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chadderton Coal and Mineral Yard branch cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Stalybridge & Diggle Loop LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 626Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 626National 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
14,119 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,119 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Magpie · Nuthatch · Moorhen · Blackbird +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Mole
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Pterostichus niger
- Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
Coral Spot · Elder Whitewash · Splitgill · Amber Jelly · Winter Polypore +14
- Coral SpotNectria cinnabarina
- Elder WhitewashXylodon sambuci
- SplitgillSchizophyllum commune
- Amber JellyExidia recisa
- Winter PolyporeLentinus brumalis
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Netted CrustByssomerulius corium
Lesser Celandine · Garlic Mustard · Hart's-Tongue · Wall-rue · Black Spleenwort +4
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- IvyHedera helix
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,119 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Magpie · Nuthatch · Moorhen · Blackbird +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Mole
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Pterostichus niger
- Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
Coral Spot · Elder Whitewash · Splitgill · Amber Jelly · Winter Polypore +14
- Coral SpotNectria cinnabarina
- Elder WhitewashXylodon sambuci
- SplitgillSchizophyllum commune
- Amber JellyExidia recisa
- Winter PolyporeLentinus brumalis
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Netted CrustByssomerulius corium
Lesser Celandine · Garlic Mustard · Hart's-Tongue · Wall-rue · Black Spleenwort +4
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- IvyHedera helix
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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