Glass House Close Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.46096, -2.70153
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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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 266m 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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 266m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
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
36,254 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
36,254 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springautumn
2026▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Canada Goose · Mallard +39
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule · Rabbit +3
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Broad-bodied Chaser · Green Shieldbug · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Orange Ladybird · Emperor Dragonfly +7
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Hart's-Tongue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Himalayan Balsam · Marsh-marigold · Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris +45
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025
- Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
36,254 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springautumn
2026▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Canada Goose · Mallard +39
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule · Rabbit +3
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Broad-bodied Chaser · Green Shieldbug · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Orange Ladybird · Emperor Dragonfly +7
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Hart's-Tongue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Himalayan Balsam · Marsh-marigold · Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris +45
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025
- Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025MoleTalpa europaea2025MoleTalpa europaea2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansLily BeetleLilioceris liliiLily BeetleLilioceris liliiXylotaXylotaXylotaXylotaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensWood-sorrel
Wood-sorrel
Oxalis acetosella2025
Oxalis acetosella2025
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaHogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Common ReedPhragmites australis2025Common ReedPhragmites australis2025Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2025Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025Stag's-horn SumachRhus typhina2025Stag's-horn SumachRhus typhina2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2025Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025WoodruffGalium odoratum2025WoodruffGalium odoratum2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025BugleAjuga reptans2025BugleAjuga reptans2025Events & activities nearby
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