Maddock's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.52365, -2.73269
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Photos
Disused quarry at Pimbo Bushes
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Wildlife to spot
19,062 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,062 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Willow Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Mallard · Canada Goose +41
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Alder Leaf Beetle · Western Honey Bee
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Hawthorn · Broad Bean · Red Clover · Wood Anemone · Gorse +22
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- Broad BeanVicia faba2025
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- GorseUlex europaeus2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,062 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Willow Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Mallard · Canada Goose +41
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Alder Leaf Beetle · Western Honey Bee
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Hawthorn · Broad Bean · Red Clover · Wood Anemone · Gorse +22
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- Broad BeanVicia faba2025
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- GorseUlex europaeus2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas