Broadleaved woodland near Grassendale
1 ha
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.35770, -2.90439
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km▾
Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Allerton Country WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
129 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
University Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Woolton & WavertreeCycling route▾
Named routeRef WooltonLocal cycle route
City Centre - OtterspoolCycling route▾
Named routeRef OtterspoolLocal cycle route
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Liverpool Loop LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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23,540 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
23,540 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Robin +18
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
🌿Plants55 species
springwinter
2026▾
Ivy · Wood Avens · Common Nettle · Ground-elder · Elder +50
- IvyHedera helix
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- ElderSambucus nigra
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Blackthorn
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,540 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Robin +18
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
🌿Plants55 species
springwinter
2026▾
Ivy · Wood Avens · Common Nettle · Ground-elder · Elder +50
- IvyHedera helix
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- ElderSambucus nigra
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Blackthorn
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Prunus spinosa
Prunus spinosa
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