Paddock Wood - Woodland plantation
11 ha
Plan your visit
🌲Walks
Free entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
53.50986, -2.74106
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
- 🐕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
- 🐕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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Sankey Canal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route
Photos
Speckled Wood butterfly in woodland at King's Moss
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Wildlife to spot
15,097 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,097 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Great Tit · Redwing · Robin · Chaffinch · Coal Tit +43
- Great TitParus major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Alectoris rufa rufaAlectoris rufa rufa2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Western Honey Bee
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Hawthorn · Broad Bean · Hazel · Gorse · Common Nettle +14
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Broad BeanVicia faba
- HazelCorylus avellana
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,097 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Great Tit · Redwing · Robin · Chaffinch · Coal Tit +43
- Great TitParus major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Alectoris rufa rufaAlectoris rufa rufa2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Western Honey Bee
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Hawthorn · Broad Bean · Hazel · Gorse · Common Nettle +14
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Broad BeanVicia faba
- HazelCorylus avellana
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pedunculate Oak
Pedunculate Oak
Quercus robur
Quercus robur
Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridumAlsike CloverTrifolium hybridumChicoryCichorium intybusChicoryCichorium intybusBrackenPteridium aquilinumBrackenPteridium aquilinumRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseBroomCytisus scopariusBroomCytisus scopariusBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisColtsfootTussilago farfaraColtsfootTussilago farfaraCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repens