Lords Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.55387, -2.18101
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 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Rochdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef RochRegional walking route
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Oldham WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
71 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network
Oldham to Lees CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chadderton Coal and Mineral Yard branch cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Harry Hill CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 626Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 626National Cycle Network
Royton Branch CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Scowcroft Lanebridleway · 17 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 17 mPath type: track
Scowcroft Lanebridleway · 216 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 216 mPath type: track
Scowcroft Lanebridleway · 46 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 46 mPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
35,796 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,796 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Canada Goose · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Mole · Roe Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Harlequin Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
🌿Plants16 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Early Crocus · Coltsfoot · Alder · Wood Avens · Guelder-rose +11
- Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
- Smooth Sow-thistle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,796 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Canada Goose · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Mole · Roe Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Harlequin Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
🌿Plants16 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Early Crocus · Coltsfoot · Alder · Wood Avens · Guelder-rose +11
- Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
- Smooth Sow-thistle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sonchus oleraceus2025
Sonchus oleraceus2025
IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025FritillaryFritillaria meleagris2025FritillaryFritillaria meleagris2025Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2025Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2025Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025