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Hell Clough

✦ Ancient woodland6 ha

📷 Peter Whatley · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha

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52.92873, -1.95507

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 135m away — 10 car parks within reach

🌤️ 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
🅿️Parking 135m away — 10 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Parking· Free

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Goldfinch, Chaffinch +71 more · last seen 2023; Birds — Blackbird, Goldfinch, Chaffinch +71 more · last seen 2023

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Impatiens, Hyacinthoides +1 more · last seen 2017

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Large White, Red Admiral, Peacock +15 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large White, Red Admiral, Peacock +15 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

1 signed route nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Stone Circles ChallengeWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

4,454 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,454 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants158 species

summer

2025

Dogwood · Guelder-rose · Cock's-foot · Prickly Sow-thistle · Nipplewort +153

DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
NipplewortLapsana communis
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Curled DockRumex crispus
Dog-roseRosa canina
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
HollyIlex aquifolium
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
IvyHedera helix
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Field MapleAcer campestre
AshFraxinus excelsior
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
CleaversGalium aparine
ElderSambucus nigra
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Nettle-Leaved GoosefootChenopodiastrum murale
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata
Black BentAgrostis gigantea
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Wild PlumPrunus domestica
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
BroomCytisus scoparius
LilacSyringa vulgaris
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Italian Rye-grassLolium multiflorum
WalnutJuglans regia
Common ComfreySymphytum officinale
SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
ButterburPetasites hybridus
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Bush VetchVicia sepium
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Fat-henChenopodium album
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
Field-roseRosa arvensis
Great BromeAnisantha diandra
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Evergreen OakQuercus ilex
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
HazelCorylus avellana
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Lesser Water-parsnipBerula erecta
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Spear MintMentha spicata
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
DaisyBellis perennis
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
CharlockSinapis arvensis
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
HonestyLunaria annua
Common VetchVicia sativa
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
DandelionTaraxacum
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Red CampionSilene dioica
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Hedera hibernica 'Hibernica'Hedera hibernica 'Hibernica'
White CloverTrifolium repens
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
YarrowAchillea millefolium
White Water-lilyNymphaea alba
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis
Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
White WillowSalix alba

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,454 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants158 species

summer

2025

Dogwood · Guelder-rose · Cock's-foot · Prickly Sow-thistle · Nipplewort +153

DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
NipplewortLapsana communis
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Curled DockRumex crispus
Dog-roseRosa canina
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
HollyIlex aquifolium
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
IvyHedera helix
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Field MapleAcer campestre
AshFraxinus excelsior
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
CleaversGalium aparine
ElderSambucus nigra
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Nettle-Leaved GoosefootChenopodiastrum murale
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata
Black BentAgrostis gigantea
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Wild PlumPrunus domestica
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
BroomCytisus scoparius
LilacSyringa vulgaris
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Italian Rye-grassLolium multiflorum
WalnutJuglans regia
Common ComfreySymphytum officinale
SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
ButterburPetasites hybridus
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Bush VetchVicia sepium
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Fat-henChenopodium album
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
Field-roseRosa arvensis
Great BromeAnisantha diandra
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Evergreen OakQuercus ilex
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
HazelCorylus avellana
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Lesser Water-parsnipBerula erecta
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Spear MintMentha spicata
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
DaisyBellis perennis
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
CharlockSinapis arvensis
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
HonestyLunaria annua
Common VetchVicia sativa
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
DandelionTaraxacum
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Red CampionSilene dioica
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Hedera hibernica 'Hibernica'Hedera hibernica 'Hibernica'
White CloverTrifolium repens
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
YarrowAchillea millefolium
White Water-lilyNymphaea alba
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis
Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
White WillowSalix alba

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Peter Whatley · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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