Camholes Wood - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.49861, -2.81878
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 862Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 862National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route207 m▾
Named routeRef 862Length 207 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route967 m▾
Named routeRef 862Length 967 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route62 m▾
Named routeRef 862Length 62 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 862Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route10 m▾
Named routeRef 862Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks
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Wildlife to spot
9,864 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,864 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Pheasant · Lapwing · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +46
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MagpiePica pica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Hare · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Eristalis arbustorum
- Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Scorpion Weed · Raspberry · Prickly Sow-thistle · Hedge Woundwort · Nipplewort +11
- Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,864 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Pheasant · Lapwing · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +46
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MagpiePica pica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Hare · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Eristalis arbustorum
- Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Scorpion Weed · Raspberry · Prickly Sow-thistle · Hedge Woundwort · Nipplewort +11
- Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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