Glass House Close Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.45498, -2.71155
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 136m away — 20 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 136m away — 20 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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Sankey Canal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
47,982 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
47,982 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Magpie · Canada Goose · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon +22
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- CootFulica atra2025
Daubenton's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Rabbit +2
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Orange Ladybird · Broad-bodied Chaser · Emperor Dragonfly +7
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Wood-sorrel · Garlic Mustard · Southern Marsh-orchid · Wood Anemone +50
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
- Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2025
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025
- Great Horsetail
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
47,982 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Magpie · Canada Goose · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon +22
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- CootFulica atra2025
Daubenton's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Rabbit +2
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Orange Ladybird · Broad-bodied Chaser · Emperor Dragonfly +7
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Wood-sorrel · Garlic Mustard · Southern Marsh-orchid · Wood Anemone +50
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
- Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2025
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025
- Great Horsetail
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025Lily BeetleLilioceris liliiLily BeetleLilioceris liliiXylotaXylotaXylotaXylotaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensOrange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoaOrange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoaSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusEquisetum telmateia2025
Equisetum telmateia2025
BugleAjuga reptans2025BugleAjuga reptans2025Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025HazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaAlderAlnus glutinosaAlderAlnus glutinosaShaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Common ReedPhragmites australis2025Common ReedPhragmites australis2025Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2025Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025Stag's-horn SumachRhus typhina2025Stag's-horn SumachRhus typhina2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2025Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis2025Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis2025Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum2025Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum2025ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025ButterburPetasites hybridus2025ButterburPetasites hybridus2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Events & activities nearby
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