Glade Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.57200, -2.21973
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
Signed route nearby
Rochdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef RochRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 12Walking route21.1 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 12 - Norden to Bury
Named routeLength 21.1 kmRegional walking route
Oldham WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
76 signed routes nearby
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Chadderton Coal and Mineral Yard branch cyclewayCycling route▾
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Harry Hill CyclewayCycling route▾
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Castleton Cycleway Phase OneCycling route▾
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Castleton Phase TwoCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Roch Valley GreenwayCycling route▾
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Pimhole Pine Street RouteCycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
6,462 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,462 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStarling · House Sparrow · Goldfinch · Jackdaw · Dunnock +42
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus
- Corvus frugilegus frugilegusCorvus frugilegus frugilegus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Haematopus ostralegus ostralegusHaematopus ostralegus ostralegus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
🐝Insects9 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Hawker · Common Carder Bee · Emerald Damselfly · Volucella bombylans · Azure Damselfly +4
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2024
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
🌿Plants7 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Yarrow · Cowslip · Garlic Mustard · Snowberry · Water Mint +2
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- CowslipPrimula veris
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2023
- Water MintMentha aquatica2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,462 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStarling · House Sparrow · Goldfinch · Jackdaw · Dunnock +42
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus
- Corvus frugilegus frugilegusCorvus frugilegus frugilegus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Haematopus ostralegus ostralegusHaematopus ostralegus ostralegus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
🐝Insects9 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Hawker · Common Carder Bee · Emerald Damselfly · Volucella bombylans · Azure Damselfly +4
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2024
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
🌿Plants7 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Yarrow · Cowslip · Garlic Mustard · Snowberry · Water Mint +2
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- CowslipPrimula veris
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2023
- Water MintMentha aquatica2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024Churchyard BeetleBlaps mucronata2024Churchyard BeetleBlaps mucronata2024Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023Bulrush
Bulrush
Typha latifolia2023
Typha latifolia2023
Red-hot-pokerKniphofia uvaria2023Red-hot-pokerKniphofia uvaria2023