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Kenworthy Wood

5 ha

📷 Jim Thornton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome5 ha

Getting here

53.41966, -2.27140

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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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Great Tit, Blue Tit +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Great Tit, Blue Tit +58 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants; Plants — Hazel, Ramsons, Red Dead-nettle +2 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Scathophaga stercoraria, Grey-patched Mining Bee +9 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Butterbur, Hazel, Lesser Celandine +12 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Butterbur, Hazel, Lesser Celandine +12 more · last seen 2026

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route

Named route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Ashton-upon-Mersey to Stockport)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

GM Ringway Stage 1Walking route11.7 km

GM Ringway Stage 1 - St Peter's Square to Sale Water Park

Named routeLength 11.7 kmRegional walking route

GM Ringway Stage 2Walking route10.5 km

GM Ringway Stage 2 - Sale Water Park to Didsbury Village

Named routeLength 10.5 kmRegional walking route

GM Ringway Stage 3Walking route11.7 km

Named routeLength 11.7 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

349 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 60Cycling route

Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network

Airport Orbital CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Greater Manchester regional route 85Cycling route

Named routeRef 85Regional cycle route

Airport City CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Media City LinkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Link between Trans-Pennine Trail and Bridgewater WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

79,196 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

79,196 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

winter

2026

Great Tit · Blue Tit · Grey Heron · Coal Tit · Canada Goose +42

Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
MagpiePica pica
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
NuthatchSitta europaea
TealAnas crecca2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
JackdawColoeus monedula
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects8 species

spring

2026

Scathophaga stercoraria · Grey-patched Mining Bee · Eristalis pertinax · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee +3

Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Asaphidion curtumAsaphidion curtum
Orange Ladybird

🌿

Plants13 species

spring

2026

Butterbur · Hazel · Lesser Celandine · Ramsons · Ash +8

ButterburPetasites hybridus
HazelCorylus avellana
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
RamsonsAllium ursinum
AshFraxinus excelsior
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

79,196 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

winter

2026

Great Tit · Blue Tit · Grey Heron · Coal Tit · Canada Goose +42

Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
MagpiePica pica
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
NuthatchSitta europaea
TealAnas crecca2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
JackdawColoeus monedula
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects8 species

spring

2026

Scathophaga stercoraria · Grey-patched Mining Bee · Eristalis pertinax · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee +3

Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Asaphidion curtumAsaphidion curtum
Orange Ladybird

🌿

Plants13 species

spring

2026

Butterbur · Hazel · Lesser Celandine · Ramsons · Ash +8

ButterburPetasites hybridus
HazelCorylus avellana
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
RamsonsAllium ursinum
AshFraxinus excelsior
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Jim Thornton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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