Balcony Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.52824, -2.76518
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
- 🅿️Truck Stop 186m away — 14 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
- 🅿️Truck Stop 186m away — 14 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 · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Duke's Wood Lanepublic footpath · 611 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 611 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Duke's Wood Lanepublic footpath · 417 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 417 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Duke's Wood Lanepublic footpath · 162 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 162 mSurface dirtPath type: track
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
Footpath from Duke's Wood Lane to Barton House, West Pimbo
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Wildlife to spot
5,466 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,466 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
House Sparrow · Mallard · Canada Goose · Woodpigeon · Muscovy Duck +27
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- CootFulica atra
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2024▾
Brown Rat · Mole
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- MoleTalpa europaea
Melanostoma scalare · Eristalis tenax
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Norway Maple · Hornbeam · Watercress · Common Ragwort · Buck's-horn Plantain +20
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides2024
- HornbeamCarpinus betulus2024
- WatercressNasturtium officinale
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2024
- Grey AlderAlnus incana2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,466 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
House Sparrow · Mallard · Canada Goose · Woodpigeon · Muscovy Duck +27
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- CootFulica atra
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2024▾
Brown Rat · Mole
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- MoleTalpa europaea
Melanostoma scalare · Eristalis tenax
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Norway Maple · Hornbeam · Watercress · Common Ragwort · Buck's-horn Plantain +20
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides2024
- HornbeamCarpinus betulus2024
- WatercressNasturtium officinale
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2024
- Grey AlderAlnus incana2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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