Lower Hollins Plantation - Mixed woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🌲Walks🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.53407, -1.97623
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Binn Green Car park 125m away — 8 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
- 🅿️Binn Green Car park 125m away — 8 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Native broadleaved woodland
Free
Native broadleaved woodland — woodland birds
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Oldham Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km15 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Oldham WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tameside Trail (East - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pennine Way (Crowden to Standedge)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Long Lanepublic footpath · 1.1 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.1 kmPath type: track
Hawk Yard Lanepublic footpath · 489 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 489 mPath type: residential
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stalybridge & Diggle Loop LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Delph Donkey LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Saddleworth LinearCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km▾
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network
Tame Valley LoopMountain bike route29 km▾
Named routeRef AdvancedLength 29 kmLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
17,735 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,735 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Woodpigeon +44
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Asteia amoena · 10-spot Ladybird · Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) · Marmalade Hoverfly +13
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Asteia amoenaAsteia amoena
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
- Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Tree Bumblebee
🌿Plants2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Bank Haircap · Yew
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- YewTaxus baccata2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,735 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Woodpigeon +44
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Asteia amoena · 10-spot Ladybird · Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) · Marmalade Hoverfly +13
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Asteia amoenaAsteia amoena
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
- Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Tree Bumblebee
🌿Plants2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Bank Haircap · Yew
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- YewTaxus baccata2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bombus hypnorum
Bombus hypnorum
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaPine Cone BugGastrodes grossipesPine Cone BugGastrodes grossipesNebriaNebria2025NebriaNebria2025LeistusLeistus2025LeistusLeistus2025Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2025Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2025SimuliumSimulium2025SimuliumSimulium2025Cinara (Cinara) pineaCinara (Cinara) pinea2025Cinara (Cinara) pineaCinara (Cinara) pinea2025Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2025Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2025Neoleria propinquaNeoleria propinqua2025Neoleria propinquaNeoleria propinqua2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Scathophaga furcataScathophaga furcata2025Scathophaga furcataScathophaga furcata2025