Berry House Wood - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
🧺Picnic🛝Family🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
53.62142, -2.86522
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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Mere Side Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Mere Side Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café, picnic area
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Reedbed WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
PiKe Lanepublic footpath · 590 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 590 mPath type: track
24 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
Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route18 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 18 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 562Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route803 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 803 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
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Wetland Centre, Martin Mere
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Wildlife to spot
213,863 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
213,863 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Kestrel · Shelduck · Mallard · Great Tit +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TealAnas crecca
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- CootFulica atra
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- MagpiePica pica
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GadwallMareca strepera
Brown Hare · Roe Deer
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Western Honey Bee
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
🌿Plants18 species
winterspring
2026▾
Marsh-marigold · Early Dog-violet · Lesser Celandine · Blackthorn · Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera +13
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
- Field PansyViola arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
213,863 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Kestrel · Shelduck · Mallard · Great Tit +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TealAnas crecca
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- CootFulica atra
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- MagpiePica pica
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GadwallMareca strepera
Brown Hare · Roe Deer
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Western Honey Bee
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
🌿Plants18 species
winterspring
2026▾
Marsh-marigold · Early Dog-violet · Lesser Celandine · Blackthorn · Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera +13
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
- Field PansyViola arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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