🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.34080, -2.63114
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 nearby — easy to reach by car
🌤️ 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 nearby — easy to reach by car
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: Mersey Valley Timberland Trail
Free
Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cheshire CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Warrington to Ashton-upon-Mersey)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Hall Lanepublic footpath · 278 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 278 mPath type: footway
Hall Lanepublic footpath · 126 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 126 mPath type: track
143 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Runcorn LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef Runcorn LoopLocal cycle route
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
8 Black Bear ParkCycling route▾
Named routeRef 8Local cycle route
5 Appleton ThornCycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Photos

Alice in Wonderland stained glass window, white rabbit, All Saints Church Daresbury
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Own or manage this place?
Claim this listing to keep details accurate, add photos, and highlight what makes it special — free.
Claim this page→How useful was the information on this page?
id: f9fb3600-6fb9-428b-8b20-d7a9f8d3f8c7
Events & activities nearby
Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
Bookable toursWildlife to spot
8,113 records · National Biodiversity Network
▾
Wildlife to spot
8,113 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Woodpigeon · Woodchat Shrike · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +36
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CootFulica atra
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- SwiftApus apus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great TitParus major
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Badger · Rabbit
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Migrant Hawker · Violet Ground Beetle · Common Green Grasshopper · Green Shieldbug · Mecinus pascuorum +3
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Mecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorum
- Dark-winged BlackPachygaster atra
- Acorn Weevil
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,113 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Woodpigeon · Woodchat Shrike · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +36
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CootFulica atra
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- SwiftApus apus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great TitParus major
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Badger · Rabbit
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Migrant Hawker · Violet Ground Beetle · Common Green Grasshopper · Green Shieldbug · Mecinus pascuorum +3
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Mecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorum
- Dark-winged BlackPachygaster atra
- Acorn Weevil
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Curculio glandium
Curculio glandium
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosaBroad CenturionChloromyia formosa