Well Wood - Mixed woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.60418, -2.75255
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
- 🅿️Hunters Hill Car Park 30m away — 2 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
- 🅿️Hunters Hill Car Park 30m away — 2 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 km6 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Standish Mineral LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route74 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 74 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route13 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 13 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route317 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 317 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Hillside Avenuebridleway · 288 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 288 mPath type: residential
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Wildlife to spot
8,468 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,468 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Magpie +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
🦌Mammals4 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Mole · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Fallow Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Wasp
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
Italian Lords-and-Ladies · Broad Buckler-fern · Hedera helix · Himalayan Balsam · Musk-mallow +6
- Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2025
- Hedera helixHedera helix2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,468 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Magpie +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
🦌Mammals4 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Mole · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Fallow Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Wasp
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
Italian Lords-and-Ladies · Broad Buckler-fern · Hedera helix · Himalayan Balsam · Musk-mallow +6
- Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2025
- Hedera helixHedera helix2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2025Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2025Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Events & activities nearby
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