Dunham New Park - Woodland plantation
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.39729, -2.37295
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
- 🅿️Parking 108m away — 20 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
- 🅿️Parking 108m away — 20 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Lowland raised bog priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Lowland raised bog — bog butterflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Trans Pennine Trail
Varies
Raised bog — specialist bog birds and passage raptors
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Bollin Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Warrington to Ashton-upon-Mersey)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking 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
110 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Airport City CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Link between Trans-Pennine Trail and Bridgewater WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Urmston-Ashton cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Irlam & Cadishead CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef ICCLocal cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
28,012 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
28,012 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPochard · Shoveler · Wigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw +44
- PochardAythya ferina
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Fallow Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Fallow DeerDama dama
Yellow Meadow Ant · Eupteryx
- Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
- EupteryxEupteryx2025
Turkeytail · Splitgill · Hairy Curtain Crust · Elder Whitewash · Ganoderma adspersum +25
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- SplitgillSchizophyllum commune
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- Elder WhitewashXylodon sambuci
- Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum
- Birch BesomTaphrina betulina
- Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,012 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPochard · Shoveler · Wigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw +44
- PochardAythya ferina
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Fallow Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Fallow DeerDama dama
Yellow Meadow Ant · Eupteryx
- Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
- EupteryxEupteryx2025
Turkeytail · Splitgill · Hairy Curtain Crust · Elder Whitewash · Ganoderma adspersum +25
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- SplitgillSchizophyllum commune
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- Elder WhitewashXylodon sambuci
- Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum
- Birch BesomTaphrina betulina
- Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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