Mersey Meadows - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.38942, -2.61687
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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
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
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
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Warrington to Ashton-upon-Mersey)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
New Cut TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
81 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Runcorn LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef Runcorn LoopLocal cycle route
3 Woolston to BirchwoodCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Birchwood to Sankey WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef B2SLocal cycle route
8 Black Bear ParkCycling route▾
Named routeRef 8Local cycle route
5 Appleton ThornCycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
11 Whittle HallCycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Local cycle route
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Hawthorn Shieldbug
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
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Calycina claroflava
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Buddleja davidii2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisJapanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025Turkish HazelCorylus colurna2025Turkish HazelCorylus colurna2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia2025Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus2025Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus2025Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2025Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2025LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025SkullcapScutellaria galericulata2025SkullcapScutellaria galericulata2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025Many-flowered RoseRosa multiflora2025Many-flowered RoseRosa multiflora2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2025Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025Least Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilis2025Least Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilis2025Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2025SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2025Events & activities nearby
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