Railway Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.33018, -2.67208
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 1 public path 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
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Weaver WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
165 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
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Photos
The footbridge at Runcorn East Railway Station
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Wildlife to spot
48,941 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
48,941 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Mallard · Magpie · Blackbird · Robin +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great TitParus major
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
🦌Mammals4 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Mole · Common Shrew · Hedgehog · Rabbit
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Water Scorpion · Green Shieldbug · Mecinus pascuorum +3
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Mecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorum
- Dark-winged BlackPachygaster atra
- Acorn Weevil
Hogweed
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
48,941 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Mallard · Magpie · Blackbird · Robin +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great TitParus major
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
🦌Mammals4 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Mole · Common Shrew · Hedgehog · Rabbit
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Water Scorpion · Green Shieldbug · Mecinus pascuorum +3
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Mecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorum
- Dark-winged BlackPachygaster atra
- Acorn Weevil
Hogweed
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Curculio glandium
Curculio glandium
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosaBroad CenturionChloromyia formosa