Pickerings Rough - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.33129, -2.69286
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
- 🅿️Holt Lane 58m 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
- 🅿️Holt Lane 58m 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
Named hiking route nearby: Mersey Valley Timberland Trail
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 9 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
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Weaver WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
159 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
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Wildlife to spot
50,518 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
50,518 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Coot · Magpie · Mallard · Canada Goose +49
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Mole · Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Common Shrew · Hedgehog +1
- MoleTalpa europaea
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Harlequin Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Xanthogramma pedissequum · Broad-bodied Chaser · Hawthorn Shieldbug +3
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
- Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- Corizus hyoscyami
🌿Plants3 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Broad-leaved Helleborine · Hogweed · Bristly Oxtongue
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
50,518 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Coot · Magpie · Mallard · Canada Goose +49
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Mole · Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Common Shrew · Hedgehog +1
- MoleTalpa europaea
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Harlequin Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Xanthogramma pedissequum · Broad-bodied Chaser · Hawthorn Shieldbug +3
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
- Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- Corizus hyoscyami
🌿Plants3 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Broad-leaved Helleborine · Hogweed · Bristly Oxtongue
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025Corizus hyoscyami2025
Corizus hyoscyami2025
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2025Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2025Events & activities nearby
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