Hale Road Woods - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.35674, -2.75510
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 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Mersey Valley Timberland TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
91 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
Bridgewater WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 82Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
51,921 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
51,921 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Canada Goose · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Black-headed Gull +19
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CootFulica atra
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- TealAnas crecca
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Brown Rat · Rabbit
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Alexanders · Common Ragwort · Biting Stonecrop · Sea Beet · Butterfly-bush +50
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Biting StonecropSedum acre
- Sea BeetBeta vulgaris subsp. maritima
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
- DaisyBellis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
51,921 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Canada Goose · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Black-headed Gull +19
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CootFulica atra
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- TealAnas crecca
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Brown Rat · Rabbit
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Alexanders · Common Ragwort · Biting Stonecrop · Sea Beet · Butterfly-bush +50
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Biting StonecropSedum acre
- Sea BeetBeta vulgaris subsp. maritima
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
- DaisyBellis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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