Greaves Woods - Sparse woodland
✦ Ancient woodland2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🎠Play🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.99338, -2.82632
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 171m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 171m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Maelor WayWalking route39 km▾
Named routeLength 39 kmRegional walking route
Marches WayWalking route▾
Dee WayWalking route▾
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
9 public paths nearby
Public paths
Greaves Lanebridleway · 454 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 454 mSurface pavedPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
5,388 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,388 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds17 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Barn Owl · Wigeon · Raven · Mute Swan · Goosander +12
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- WigeonMareca penelope
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- PintailAnas acuta2023
- TealAnas crecca2023
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2022
Pipistrelle Bat species
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2022▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects33 species
springautumn
2023▾
Baetis rhodani/atlanticus · Limnius volckmari · Green Drake · Rhithrogena semicolorata · Non-biting midges +28
- Baetis rhodani/atlanticusBaetis rhodani/atlanticus
- Limnius volckmariLimnius volckmari
- Green DrakeEphemera danica
- Rhithrogena semicolorataRhithrogena semicolorata
- Non-biting midgesChironomidae
- Elmis aeneaElmis aenea
Mint · Knotweed · Conocephalum · Himalayan Balsam · Field Horsetail +9
- MintMentha
- KnotweedPersicaria
- ConocephalumConocephalum
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
- NightshadeSolanum
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,388 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds17 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Barn Owl · Wigeon · Raven · Mute Swan · Goosander +12
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- WigeonMareca penelope
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- PintailAnas acuta2023
- TealAnas crecca2023
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2022
Pipistrelle Bat species
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2022▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects33 species
springautumn
2023▾
Baetis rhodani/atlanticus · Limnius volckmari · Green Drake · Rhithrogena semicolorata · Non-biting midges +28
- Baetis rhodani/atlanticusBaetis rhodani/atlanticus
- Limnius volckmariLimnius volckmari
- Green DrakeEphemera danica
- Rhithrogena semicolorataRhithrogena semicolorata
- Non-biting midgesChironomidae
- Elmis aeneaElmis aenea
Mint · Knotweed · Conocephalum · Himalayan Balsam · Field Horsetail +9
- MintMentha
- KnotweedPersicaria
- ConocephalumConocephalum
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
- NightshadeSolanum
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
