Broadleaved woodland near Holt Lane End
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.50335, -2.14678
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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 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Medlock Valley WayWalking route▾
Rochdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef RochRegional walking route
Manchester Green Trail 1Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
131 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
Route 626Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 626National Cycle Network
Ashton Canal CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
6,495 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,495 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Moorhen · Mallard · Robin · Magpie · Canada Goose +26
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Hedgehog · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- MoleTalpa europaea
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Palmate Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Western Honey Bee · Helophilus pendulus · Syrphus · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Broad-bodied Chaser +5
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni
- Common Green Grasshopper
Meadow Crane's-bill · Purple-loosestrife · Common Nettle · Hogweed · Himalayan Balsam +26
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025
- Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,495 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Moorhen · Mallard · Robin · Magpie · Canada Goose +26
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Hedgehog · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- MoleTalpa europaea
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Palmate Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Western Honey Bee · Helophilus pendulus · Syrphus · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Broad-bodied Chaser +5
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni
- Common Green Grasshopper
Meadow Crane's-bill · Purple-loosestrife · Common Nettle · Hogweed · Himalayan Balsam +26
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025
- Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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