Low Wood
✦ Ancient woodland111 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome111 ha
Getting here
53.06761, -1.99257
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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
- 🌿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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
- 🌳Large woodland — room to roam
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 38 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Habitat Walk Ladderedge Country Park (Green Arrows)Walking route▾
Includes some hills
Named routeDuration 45min
Young Woodland LoopWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Churnet WayWalking route▾
Valley Woodland TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Booth's Wood LoopWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Cheddleton 25public footpath · 13 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 13 mSurface dirtPath type: footway
Cheddleton 32(a)public footpath · 319 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 319 mPath type: path
Bradnop and Cawdry 11public footpath · 10 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 10 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 559Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 559National Cycle Network
National Route 550Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 550National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route170 m▾
Named routeRef 559Length 170 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.7 km▾
Named routeRef 559Length 3.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 559Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route302 m▾
Named routeRef 559Length 302 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
24,399 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,399 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Nuthatch · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Robin · Wren +37
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- SwiftApus apus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RavenCorvus corax
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Formica lemani · Red-legged Shieldbug · Red Ant · Sericomyia superbiens · Myrmica scabrinodis +4
- Formica lemaniFormica lemani
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Red AntMyrmica rubra
- Sericomyia superbiensSericomyia superbiens
- Myrmica scabrinodisMyrmica scabrinodis
- Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis
- Lesser Marsh Grasshopper
Candlesnuff Fungus · Amanita Wridog · Hoof Fungus
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Amanita WridogAmanita rubescens
- Hoof FungusFomes fomentarius
🌿Plants4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Horsetail · Rosebay Willowherb · Sneezewort · Elder
- HorsetailEquisetum
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
- ElderSambucus nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,399 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Nuthatch · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Robin · Wren +37
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- SwiftApus apus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RavenCorvus corax
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Formica lemani · Red-legged Shieldbug · Red Ant · Sericomyia superbiens · Myrmica scabrinodis +4
- Formica lemaniFormica lemani
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Red AntMyrmica rubra
- Sericomyia superbiensSericomyia superbiens
- Myrmica scabrinodisMyrmica scabrinodis
- Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis
- Lesser Marsh Grasshopper
Candlesnuff Fungus · Amanita Wridog · Hoof Fungus
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Amanita WridogAmanita rubescens
- Hoof FungusFomes fomentarius
🌿Plants4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Horsetail · Rosebay Willowherb · Sneezewort · Elder
- HorsetailEquisetum
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
- ElderSambucus nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Chorthippus albomarginatus
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