Park Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland77 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome77 ha
Getting here
50.47600, -4.33277
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
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Lowland fens priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
St Dominica Heritage Trail (Halton Quay Route)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
St Dominica Heritage Trail (Ashton Route)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Riverside Section 1public footpath · 459 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 459 mPath type: track
Riverside Section 2public footpath · 704 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 704 mPath type: track
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
6,819 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,819 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Blackbird · Wren +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- SwiftApus apus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Rabbit · Hazel Dormouse · Roe Deer
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Beautiful Demoiselle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Spiked Shieldbug · Southern Hawker · Speckled Bush-cricket +9
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata
- Common Red Soldier Beetle
🌿Plants3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Tamarisk Scalewort · Dwarf Neckera · Common Smoothcap
- Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci
- Dwarf NeckeraNeckera pumila
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,819 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Blackbird · Wren +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- SwiftApus apus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Rabbit · Hazel Dormouse · Roe Deer
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Beautiful Demoiselle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Spiked Shieldbug · Southern Hawker · Speckled Bush-cricket +9
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata
- Common Red Soldier Beetle
🌿Plants3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Tamarisk Scalewort · Dwarf Neckera · Common Smoothcap
- Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci
- Dwarf NeckeraNeckera pumila
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rhagonycha fulva
Rhagonycha fulva
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