Hale Road Woods - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.36153, -2.74676
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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 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
97 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
Birchwood to Sankey WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef B2SLocal cycle route
Route 856Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 856National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
24,636 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,636 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Canada Goose +13
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- TealAnas crecca
- Great TitParus major
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Red Fox · Rabbit
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Hairy-footed Flower Bee
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Alexanders · Cock's-foot · Biting Stonecrop · Cleavers · Common Ragwort +46
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Biting StonecropSedum acre
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,636 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Canada Goose +13
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- TealAnas crecca
- Great TitParus major
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Red Fox · Rabbit
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Hairy-footed Flower Bee
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Alexanders · Cock's-foot · Biting Stonecrop · Cleavers · Common Ragwort +46
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Biting StonecropSedum acre
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
