Black Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.38402, -2.87255
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 184m 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 184m 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: Allerton Country Walk
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional 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
148 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Radial Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
University Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Pop-up Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef Pop-up 1Local cycle route
Woolton & WavertreeCycling route▾
Named routeRef WooltonLocal cycle route
Radial Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
101,467 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
101,467 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +29
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Wood Avens · Daisy · Holly · Common Nettle · Cherry Laurel +44
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- DaisyBellis perennis
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum
- BeechFagus sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
101,467 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +29
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Wood Avens · Daisy · Holly · Common Nettle · Cherry Laurel +44
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- DaisyBellis perennis
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum
- BeechFagus sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas