Glass House Close Wood - Woodland
0 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
53.45610, -2.71056
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 175m 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 175m away — 20 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Sankey Canal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
31,316 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
31,316 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Canada Goose · Black-headed Gull +29
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Daubenton's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Rabbit +4
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Four-spotted Chaser · Orange Ladybird · Broad-bodied Chaser · Emperor Dragonfly +4
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii
Wood-sorrel · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Southern Marsh-orchid · Barren Strawberry · Bugle +47
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
- Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2025
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025
- BugleAjuga reptans2025
- Hart's-Tongue
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
31,316 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Canada Goose · Black-headed Gull +29
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Daubenton's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Rabbit +4
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Four-spotted Chaser · Orange Ladybird · Broad-bodied Chaser · Emperor Dragonfly +4
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii
Wood-sorrel · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Southern Marsh-orchid · Barren Strawberry · Bugle +47
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
- Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2025
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025
- BugleAjuga reptans2025
- Hart's-Tongue
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025MoleTalpa europaea2025MoleTalpa europaea2025Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025XylotaXylotaXylotaXylotaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensAsplenium scolopendrium2025
Asplenium scolopendrium2025
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaAlderAlnus glutinosaAlderAlnus glutinosaShaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Common ReedPhragmites australis2025Common ReedPhragmites australis2025Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2025Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025Stag's-horn SumachRhus typhina2025Stag's-horn SumachRhus typhina2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2025Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis2025Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis2025Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum2025Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum2025ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Events & activities nearby
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