Beaconsfield Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.33917, -2.74500
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
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid
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 km7 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cheshire CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking 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
Sandstone TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
120 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
33,627 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
33,627 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Black-headed Gull · Canada Goose · Mute Swan · Coot +15
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
- Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Marmalade Hoverfly
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Alexanders · Common Nettle · Biting Stonecrop · Sea Beet · Cleavers +54
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Biting StonecropSedum acre
- Sea BeetBeta vulgaris subsp. maritima
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
33,627 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Black-headed Gull · Canada Goose · Mute Swan · Coot +15
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
- Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Marmalade Hoverfly
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Alexanders · Common Nettle · Biting Stonecrop · Sea Beet · Cleavers +54
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Biting StonecropSedum acre
- Sea BeetBeta vulgaris subsp. maritima
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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