Woolton Wood - Urban woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.37032, -2.87047
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
- 🌿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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Allerton Country WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
132 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Radial Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
University Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Woolton & WavertreeCycling route▾
Named routeRef WooltonLocal cycle route
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Liverpool Loop LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
110,721 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
110,721 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Blue Tit · Nuthatch · Canada Goose · Magpie +15
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Hedgehog · Red Fox
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Trichocera · Stenophylax permistus
- TrichoceraTrichocera
- Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus
Wood Avens · Common Nettle · Smooth Sow-thistle · Hogweed · Himalayan Balsam +61
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
110,721 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Blue Tit · Nuthatch · Canada Goose · Magpie +15
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Hedgehog · Red Fox
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Trichocera · Stenophylax permistus
- TrichoceraTrichocera
- Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus
Wood Avens · Common Nettle · Smooth Sow-thistle · Hogweed · Himalayan Balsam +61
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
