The Grounds - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.39745, -2.87702
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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
- 🛝Playground 280m away — 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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 280m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £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 (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Allerton Country WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
164 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Radial Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
Radial Route 4Cycling route▾
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Anfield Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 81Regional 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
Photos
Old railway bridge over Well Lane
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Wildlife to spot
66,405 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
66,405 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird +28
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Early Bumblebee · Sitona obsoletus · Harlequin Ladybird
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Marsh-marigold · Coltsfoot · Fritillary · Lesser Celandine · Blackthorn +14
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- FritillaryFritillaria meleagris
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
66,405 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird +28
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Early Bumblebee · Sitona obsoletus · Harlequin Ladybird
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Marsh-marigold · Coltsfoot · Fritillary · Lesser Celandine · Blackthorn +14
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- FritillaryFritillaria meleagris
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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