Broadleaved woodland near Ford
1 ha
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.48959, -2.98984
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
- 🛝Playground 210m 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
- 🛝Playground 210m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
138 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Waterloo to BootleCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 810Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 810National Cycle Network
Radial Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Outer OrbitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef OLocal cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Radial Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
34,365 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
34,365 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWigeon · Shoveler · Short-eared Owl · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +38
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- PochardAythya ferina
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
Field Vole · Grey Seal · Common Porpoise · Rabbit · Noctule
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
- Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Eristalis tenax
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Gorse · Ribwort Plantain · Common Field-speedwell · Hawthorn · Ground-elder +11
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
34,365 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWigeon · Shoveler · Short-eared Owl · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +38
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- PochardAythya ferina
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
Field Vole · Grey Seal · Common Porpoise · Rabbit · Noctule
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
- Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Eristalis tenax
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Gorse · Ribwort Plantain · Common Field-speedwell · Hawthorn · Ground-elder +11
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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