Morts Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.33875, -2.62415
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 489m away — 2 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 489m away — 2 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 km9 signed routes nearby · 5 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
Hall Lanepublic footpath · 51 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 51 mPath type: footway
125 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
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Wildlife to spot
3,604 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,604 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Coot · Willow Tit +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- TealAnas crecca
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2026▾
Rabbit · Red Fox · Badger · Brown Rat
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
2-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · 14-spot Ladybird · Demeijerea rufipes · Common Green Grasshopper +34
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
- Demeijerea rufipesDemeijerea rufipes2024
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Mecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorum
Yellow-rattle
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,604 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Coot · Willow Tit +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- TealAnas crecca
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2026▾
Rabbit · Red Fox · Badger · Brown Rat
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
2-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · 14-spot Ladybird · Demeijerea rufipes · Common Green Grasshopper +34
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
- Demeijerea rufipesDemeijerea rufipes2024
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Mecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorum
Yellow-rattle
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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