Mary Ann's Lane Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.39632, -2.65111
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 114m away — 8 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 114m away — 8 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 cycling route nearby: 1 Great Sankey to Hospital
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 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
Delamere WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
71 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
11 Whittle HallCycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Local cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
48,469 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
48,469 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +27
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Hornet Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Cantharis livida · Broad Centurion · Brown Hawker +28
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cantharis lividaCantharis livida
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Wild Rose FusehornArge ochropus
Cuckooflower · White Clover · Meadow Buttercup · Common Sorrel · Arum italicum subsp. italicum +42
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
- White CloverTrifolium repens2025
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025
- Arum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicum
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
48,469 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +27
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Hornet Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Cantharis livida · Broad Centurion · Brown Hawker +28
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cantharis lividaCantharis livida
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Wild Rose FusehornArge ochropus
Cuckooflower · White Clover · Meadow Buttercup · Common Sorrel · Arum italicum subsp. italicum +42
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
- White CloverTrifolium repens2025
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025
- Arum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicum
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2025Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2025Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2025Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2025Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Grass VetchlingLathyrus nissolia2025Grass VetchlingLathyrus nissolia2025Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025WeldReseda luteola2025WeldReseda luteola2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2025Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2025DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025Many-flowered RoseRosa multiflora2025Many-flowered RoseRosa multiflora2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2025Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Events & activities nearby
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