Rands Clough Wood - Broadleaved woodland 3 ha
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 3 ha
Places › England › North West › Salford Getting here
53.52019, -2.40489
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 ☕ Worsley Pool Coffee Shop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ 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 ☕ Worsley Pool Coffee Shop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 55
Varies
🛝 Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Irwell Sculpture Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Salford Trail Walking route ▾
The Salford Trail is a continuous walk along permitted footpaths and roads, all within the city of Salford. The paths covered are varied, being through historic heritage areas, along river and canal side, taking in country parks, fields, moss lands, inner
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 94 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Moss Bank Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Port Salford Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Linnyshaw Loopline Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Swinton Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Port Salford Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Irlam & Cadishead Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref ICC Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Bridgewater Road Rail Bridge, Walkden
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Wildlife to spot
27,463 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 27,463 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Jackdaw +33
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Magpie Pica pica Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Canada Goose Branta canadensis Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coot Fulica atra House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Gadwall Mareca strepera Great Tit Parus major Dunnock Prunella modularis Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Common Wasp · Fever Fly · Small Red-eyed Damselfly · Black-tailed Skimmer · Southern Hawker +2
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris Fever Fly Dilophus febrilis Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum2025 Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025 Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Zigzag Clover · Common Field-speedwell · Buckthorn · Fat-hen · Broad-leaved Helleborine +23
Zigzag Clover Trifolium medium2025 Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica Buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica2025 Fat-hen Chenopodium album2025 Broad-leaved Helleborine Epipactis helleborine2025 Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 27,463 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Jackdaw +33
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Magpie Pica pica Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Canada Goose Branta canadensis Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coot Fulica atra House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Gadwall Mareca strepera Great Tit Parus major Dunnock Prunella modularis Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Common Wasp · Fever Fly · Small Red-eyed Damselfly · Black-tailed Skimmer · Southern Hawker +2
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris Fever Fly Dilophus febrilis Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum2025 Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025 Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Zigzag Clover · Common Field-speedwell · Buckthorn · Fat-hen · Broad-leaved Helleborine +23
Zigzag Clover Trifolium medium2025 Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica Buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica2025 Fat-hen Chenopodium album2025 Broad-leaved Helleborine Epipactis helleborine2025 Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Gorse Ulex europaeus
Gorse Ulex europaeus
Hazel Corylus avellana2025
Hazel Corylus avellana2025
Nipplewort Lapsana communis2025
Nipplewort Lapsana communis2025
Common Couch Elymus repens2025
Common Couch Elymus repens2025
Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis2025
Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis2025
Wavy Bitter-cress Cardamine flexuosa2025
Wavy Bitter-cress Cardamine flexuosa2025
Wild Marjoram Origanum vulgare2025
Wild Marjoram Origanum vulgare2025
Common Centaury Centaurium erythraea2025
Common Centaury Centaurium erythraea2025
Red Bartsia Odontites vernus2025
Red Bartsia Odontites vernus2025
Creeping-Jenny Lysimachia nummularia2025
Creeping-Jenny Lysimachia nummularia2025
Common Bistort Bistorta officinalis2025
Common Bistort Bistorta officinalis2025
Russian-vine Fallopia baldschuanica2025
Russian-vine Fallopia baldschuanica2025
Sessile Oak Quercus petraea2025
Sessile Oak Quercus petraea2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus2025
Wall Lettuce Mycelis muralis2025
Wall Lettuce Mycelis muralis2025
Common Cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium2025
Common Cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium2025
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris2025
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris2025
Timothy Phleum pratense2025
Timothy Phleum pratense2025
False Fox-sedge Carex otrubae2025
False Fox-sedge Carex otrubae2025
Hairy Sedge Carex hirta2025
Hairy Sedge Carex hirta2025
Compact Rush Juncus conglomeratus2025
Compact Rush Juncus conglomeratus2025
Toad Rush Juncus bufonius2025
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