Kenworthy Wood - Mixed woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.41953, -2.26747
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
- 🛝Playground 201m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 201m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
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 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking 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
339 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
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Wildlife to spot
48,206 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
48,206 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Blue Tit · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Canada Goose +37
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- CootFulica atra2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird · Scathophaga stercoraria · Grey-patched Mining Bee · Eristalis pertinax · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +4
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Butterbur · Hazel · Lesser Celandine · Ramsons · Ash +10
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum
- HyacinthHyacinthus orientalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
48,206 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Blue Tit · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Canada Goose +37
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- CootFulica atra2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird · Scathophaga stercoraria · Grey-patched Mining Bee · Eristalis pertinax · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +4
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Butterbur · Hazel · Lesser Celandine · Ramsons · Ash +10
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum
- HyacinthHyacinthus orientalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Asaphidion curtum
Asaphidion curtum
Asaphidion curtum
Asaphidion curtum
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Cherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaCherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaSiberian SquillScilla sibericaSiberian SquillScilla sibericaMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumWhite Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025Events & activities nearby
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