Garden Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland5 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.29816, -2.61742
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Norley Wildflower Memorial WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Cheshire CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Weaver WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
North Cheshire WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 114kmRegional walking route
71 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Runcorn LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef Runcorn LoopLocal cycle route
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Biking the BackroadsCycling route▾
Named routeRef Biking the BackroadsLocal cycle route
Bridgewater WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 82Regional cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
11,472 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,472 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Blackbird · Stock Dove +43
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- PochardAythya ferina
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Broad-bodied Chaser
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Purplepore Bracket · Birch Besom · False Chanterelle · Oak Crust · Beechleaf Parachute +28
- Purplepore BracketTrichaptum abietinum
- Birch BesomTaphrina betulina
- False ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiaca
- Oak CrustPeniophora quercina
- Beechleaf ParachuteRhizomarasmius setosus
- Brown RollrimPaxillus involutus
- Waxy Crust
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,472 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Blackbird · Stock Dove +43
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- PochardAythya ferina
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Broad-bodied Chaser
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Purplepore Bracket · Birch Besom · False Chanterelle · Oak Crust · Beechleaf Parachute +28
- Purplepore BracketTrichaptum abietinum
- Birch BesomTaphrina betulina
- False ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiaca
- Oak CrustPeniophora quercina
- Beechleaf ParachuteRhizomarasmius setosus
- Brown RollrimPaxillus involutus
- Waxy Crust
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Vuilleminia comedens
Vuilleminia comedens
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