Etherow Country Park

Etherow Country Park is an amazing place to explore and enjoy nature in the northwest of England.

Fox Hill Plantation

A plantation of coniferous trees on the north shore of Turton and Entwistle Reservoir.

Ousel Nest Quarry

A disused quarry from the 19th Century now a Local Nature Reserve.

Walker Fold Woods

Walker Fold Woods is a great little woodland trail with a good variety of trees including evergreen and native species.

Raveden Clough

A small wooded valley, scenic with wildlife, part of a larger woodland area.

Roscow's Tenement Clough

A small wooded clough leading up to the open moorland on Winter Hill above Bolton.

Dean Wood - Rivington

An area of ancient and semi-natural woodland and priority habitat along Dean Brook to the west of Rivington Village.

Rivington Hall Wood

An area of woodland and former parkland of Rivington Hall.

Nob End SSSI

A tiny, post-industrial area now returned to nature and given a deserved SSSI status.

Queens Park

Borsdane Wood

Borsdane Wood is an amazing example of ancient woodland. Natural history as it was 7,000 years ago when Britain was covered with native trees.

Tigers Clough

Tigers Clough is supposedly named after an illegal drinking establishment that once occupied a spot near to the Knoll Bleach Works in the 19th Century, having two tigers on a sign outside.

Jepsons Clough

Jepson’s Clough is a small woodland area with the River Douglas still as a small stream passing through. The rocky clough from which the area gets its name is scenic and leads on to a small waterfall with interesting geological features.

Wilderswood

A small woodland on the slopes of Winter Hill above Horwich.

Wilderswood Plantation

A plantation of beech, alder, Lodgepole and Corsican pines pines on the west side of Wilderswood above Horwich.

Moses Gate Country Park

A large and spacious country park set around the Crompton Lodges and along the River Croal.

Horrocks Wood

An area of mixed woodland on the slopes of Winter Hill above Bolton, with walking paths throughout and an abundance of wildflowers and wildlife.

Leverhulme Park

The largest park in Bolton with open areas, grassland, play area and sports facilities.

Raikes Clough

Raikes Clough is located on a bend in the River Croal in the southeast of Bolton.

Old House Ground Plantation

A late 19th Century plantation that is now a great place to see bluebells in Springtime

Lady Mabel's Wood

A fairly recent woodland area close to the Haigh plantations and part of the Red Rose forest.

Fairy Glen

A small stretch of woodland along the Sprodley Brook as it passes through a rocky ravine of old, disused quarries.

Woodland Trust Kirkless Wood

The Southern part of Kirkless Wood, easy walking mixed-woodland area managed by Woodland Trust.

Kirkless Wood

A post-industrial woodland area dominated by a huge spoil heap now appearing as a wooded hill.

Croshaw Wood

A small woodland area around the River Douglas near Adlington.

Viridor Wood

Red Rock

A rural area of Wigan popular for it's canalside walks, interesting, disused railway lines and woodland.

Healey Dell

A woodland walking area with tall viaducts, ruins of old mills and waterfalls.

Philips Park

Drinkwater Park

Redisher Wood

A woodland nature reserve and hiking area along the Holcombe Brook.

Saplin Wood

An area of ancient and semi-natural woodland below Harcles Hill.

Worsley Woods

Ashtons Field

Ashtons Field is an 8.4 hectare woodland space on the former Ashtons Field Colliery provides an attractive green haven for the local community.