Boodle Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.50042, -2.12364
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 241m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 241m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
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 km5 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
112 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
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Tame Valley LoopMountain bike route29 km▾
Named routeRef AdvancedLength 29 kmLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
14,001 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,001 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Moorhen · Magpie · Nuthatch · Great Tit +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Mole
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Pterostichus niger
- Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
Turkeytail · Netted Crust · Brittle Cinder · Ganoderma adspersum · Silver Leaf Disease +14
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Netted CrustByssomerulius corium
- Brittle CinderKretzschmaria deusta
- Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum
- Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum
- Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
- Coesyn Melfed
🌿Plants4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Lesser Celandine · Garlic Mustard · Hart's-Tongue · Wall-rue
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,001 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Moorhen · Magpie · Nuthatch · Great Tit +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Mole
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Pterostichus niger
- Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
Turkeytail · Netted Crust · Brittle Cinder · Ganoderma adspersum · Silver Leaf Disease +14
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Netted CrustByssomerulius corium
- Brittle CinderKretzschmaria deusta
- Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum
- Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum
- Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
- Coesyn Melfed
🌿Plants4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Lesser Celandine · Garlic Mustard · Hart's-Tongue · Wall-rue
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Flammulina velutipes
Flammulina velutipes
Physcia aipoliaPhyscia aipoliaPhyscia aipoliaPhyscia aipoliaJelly EarAuricularia auricula-judaeJelly EarAuricularia auricula-judaePeeling OysterlingCrepidotus mollisPeeling OysterlingCrepidotus mollisBlushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosaBlushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosaStump PuffballApioperdon pyriformeStump PuffballApioperdon pyriformeYellow BrainTremella mesentericaYellow BrainTremella mesentericaOak MossEvernia prunastriOak MossEvernia prunastriCoral SpotNectria cinnabarinaCoral SpotNectria cinnabarinaElder WhitewashXylodon sambuciElder WhitewashXylodon sambuciSplitgillSchizophyllum communeSplitgillSchizophyllum communeAmber JellyExidia recisaAmber JellyExidia recisaWinter PolyporeLentinus brumalisWinter PolyporeLentinus brumalis