Well Wood - Woodland plantation
2 ha
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🐶Dogs🌲Walks🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.60628, -2.74949
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 115m 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 115m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Conifer plantation — limited but present wildlife
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 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
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Hunter's Hill car park near High Moor
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Wildlife to spot
4,071 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,071 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Robin +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Mole · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Wasp · Endomychus coccineus · Ferdinandea cuprea +4
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus2024
- Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2024
- Eristalis nemorum
Italian Lords-and-Ladies · Himalayan Balsam · Musk-mallow · Hedge Woundwort · Woodruff +5
- Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
- WoodruffGalium odoratum2024
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,071 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Robin +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Mole · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Wasp · Endomychus coccineus · Ferdinandea cuprea +4
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus2024
- Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2024
- Eristalis nemorum
Italian Lords-and-Ladies · Himalayan Balsam · Musk-mallow · Hedge Woundwort · Woodruff +5
- Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
- WoodruffGalium odoratum2024
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis nemorum2024
Eristalis nemorum2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Black DarterSympetrum danae2024Black DarterSympetrum danae2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum20242024
2024
Wild CherryPrunus avium2024Wild CherryPrunus avium2024Turkish SagePhlomis russeliana2024Turkish SagePhlomis russeliana2024BroomCytisus scoparius2024BroomCytisus scoparius2024ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2024ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2024Events & activities nearby
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