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Hale Road Woods

2 ha

📷 Peter Whatley · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome2 ha

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53.35776, -2.76937

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Black-headed Gull
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Black-headed Gull
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Magpie +77 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Magpie +77 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Elder, Common Nettle, Hawthorn +16 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Elder, Common Nettle, Centaurea nigra +90 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Elder, Common Nettle, Centaurea nigra +90 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Green Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird, Common Carder Bee · last seen 2025; Insects — Green Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird, Common Carder Bee · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Mersey WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Mersey Valley Timberland TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

116 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Runcorn LoopCycling route

Named routeRef Runcorn LoopLocal cycle route

Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route

Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network

Liverpool Loop LineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

54,527 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

54,527 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Great Tit · Blackbird +41

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
LapwingVanellus vanellus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
TealAnas crecca
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterspring

2026

Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel

Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🌿

Plants42 species

winter

2026

Common Nettle · Snowdrop · Lesser Celandine · Gorse · Elder +37

Common NettleUrtica dioica
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
GorseUlex europaeus
ElderSambucus nigra
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Sea BeetBeta vulgaris subsp. maritima
CleaversGalium aparine
DaisyBellis perennis
HazelCorylus avellana
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Sea-purslaneAtriplex portulacoides
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
AshFraxinus excelsior
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
HollyIlex aquifolium
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

54,527 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Great Tit · Blackbird +41

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
LapwingVanellus vanellus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
TealAnas crecca
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterspring

2026

Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel

Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🌿

Plants42 species

winter

2026

Common Nettle · Snowdrop · Lesser Celandine · Gorse · Elder +37

Common NettleUrtica dioica
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
GorseUlex europaeus
ElderSambucus nigra
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Sea BeetBeta vulgaris subsp. maritima
CleaversGalium aparine
DaisyBellis perennis
HazelCorylus avellana
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Sea-purslaneAtriplex portulacoides
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
AshFraxinus excelsior
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
HollyIlex aquifolium
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Peter Whatley · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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