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Places › England › North West › Oldham Getting here
53.49340, -2.15020
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 🐕 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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Kestrel, Magpie, Woodpigeon +61 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Kestrel, Magpie, Woodpigeon +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Hawthorn, Hogweed +12 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Purple-loosestrife, Meadow Crane's-bill, Common Nettle +89 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Purple-loosestrife, Meadow Crane's-bill, Common Nettle +89 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates; Insects — Emperor Dragonfly, Green Shieldbug, Western Honey Bee +31 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 24 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Cheshire Ring Canal Walk Walking route ▾
Medlock Valley Way Walking route ▾
Manchester Green Trail 1 Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Oldham Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Vale Lane public footpath · 52 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 52 m Surface sett Path type: unclassified
Show on map 137 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 60 National Cycle Network
Show on map Audenshaw Ashton Link Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Oldham to Lees Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 626 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 626 National Cycle Network
Show on map Ashton Canal Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Fallowfield Loop Cycling route ▾
Photos Overhead Power Lines, Medlock Vale
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Wildlife to spot
9,092 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 9,092 records · National Biodiversity Network Kestrel · Jay · Cormorant · Magpie · Mallard +34
Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Common Shrew
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Common Shrew Sorex araneus Western Honey Bee · Common Green Grasshopper · Helophilus pendulus · Eristalis tenax · Green Shieldbug +7
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Aphrophora alni Meadow Crane's-bill · Purple-loosestrife · Common Nettle · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Tufted Vetch +35
Meadow Crane's-bill Geranium pratense2025 Purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria2025 Common Nettle Urtica dioica2025 Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus2025 Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca2025 Red Clover Trifolium pratense Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 9,092 records · National Biodiversity Network Kestrel · Jay · Cormorant · Magpie · Mallard +34
Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Common Shrew
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Common Shrew Sorex araneus Western Honey Bee · Common Green Grasshopper · Helophilus pendulus · Eristalis tenax · Green Shieldbug +7
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Aphrophora alni Meadow Crane's-bill · Purple-loosestrife · Common Nettle · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Tufted Vetch +35
Meadow Crane's-bill Geranium pratense2025 Purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria2025 Common Nettle Urtica dioica2025 Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus2025 Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca2025 Red Clover Trifolium pratense Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Aphrophora alni
Aphrophora alni
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis
Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis 2025
2025
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025
Spindle Euonymus europaeus2025
Spindle Euonymus europaeus2025
Beech Fagus sylvatica2025
Beech Fagus sylvatica2025
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025
Marsh Woundwort Stachys palustris2025
Marsh Woundwort Stachys palustris2025
Wood Avens Geum urbanum2025
Wood Avens Geum urbanum2025
Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria2025
Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria2025
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2025
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2025
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2025
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2025
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2025
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2025
Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepium2025
Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepium2025
Reed Sweet-grass Glyceria maxima2025
Reed Sweet-grass Glyceria maxima2025
Sneezewort Achillea ptarmica2025
Sneezewort Achillea ptarmica2025
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2025
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2025
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum2025
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum2025
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata2025
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata2025
New Zealand Pigmyweed Crassula helmsii2025
New Zealand Pigmyweed Crassula helmsii2025
White Poplar Populus alba2025
White Poplar Populus alba2025
Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre2025
Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre2025
False-acacia Robinia pseudoacacia2025
False-acacia Robinia pseudoacacia2025
Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes2025
Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes2025
Reed Canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea2025
Reed Canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea2025
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2025
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2025
Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium2025
Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium2025
Buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum2025
Buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum2025
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia2025
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia2025
Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea2025
Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea2025
Dwarf Elder Sambucus ebulus2025
Dwarf Elder Sambucus ebulus2025
Nipplewort Lapsana communis2025
Nipplewort Lapsana communis2025
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata2025
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata2025
Alder Alnus glutinosa2025
Alder Alnus glutinosa2025
Greater Plantain Plantago major2025
Greater Plantain Plantago major2025
Dogwood Cornus sanguinea2025
Dogwood Cornus sanguinea2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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