Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome36 ha
Getting here
53.69980, -2.49120
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
7 activities🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Nature reserve — public outdoor space
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Nature reserve
Dogs allowed — nature reserve
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, picnic area
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 27 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Warpers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Reelers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tacklers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Full walk - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Beamers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Weavers WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef WWLocal cycle route
Weavers Wheel - Spoke 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Weavers Wheel - Spoke 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Weavers Wheel - Spoke 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Turn Lanebridleway · 777 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 777 mPath type: bridleway
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
The Greenway Shelter or Bandstand in Sunnyhurst Woods, Darwen
Photos
The Greenway Shelter or Bandstand in Sunnyhurst Woods, Darwen
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
10,003 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,003 records · NBN AtlasRobin · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Wren
+31 more speciesHide species list
All 36 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Mole · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Clarke's Mining Bee · 7-spot Ladybird · Gwynne's Mining Bee · Dark-edged Bee-fly
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All 7 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Gwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolor
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Blackfoot Polypore · Variable Oysterling · Waxy Crust · Blushing Bracket · Grey Coral
+59 more speciesHide species list
All 64 fungi recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Blackfoot PolyporePolyporus leptocephalus
- Variable OysterlingCrepidotus variabilis
- Waxy CrustVuilleminia comedens
- Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa
- Grey CoralClavulina cinerea
- Common Jelly SpotDacrymyces stillatus
🌿Plants8 species
springautumnwinter
2026American Skunk-cabbage · Prickly Heath · Hazel · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Groundsel
+3 more speciesHide species list
All 8 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus
- Prickly HeathGaultheria mucronata2025
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
- Groundsel
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,003 records · NBN AtlasRobin · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Wren
+31 more speciesHide species list
All 36 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Mole · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Clarke's Mining Bee · 7-spot Ladybird · Gwynne's Mining Bee · Dark-edged Bee-fly
+2 more speciesHide species list
All 7 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Gwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolor
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Blackfoot Polypore · Variable Oysterling · Waxy Crust · Blushing Bracket · Grey Coral
+59 more speciesHide species list
All 64 fungi recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Blackfoot PolyporePolyporus leptocephalus
- Variable OysterlingCrepidotus variabilis
- Waxy CrustVuilleminia comedens
- Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa
- Grey CoralClavulina cinerea
- Common Jelly SpotDacrymyces stillatus
🌿Plants8 species
springautumnwinter
2026American Skunk-cabbage · Prickly Heath · Hazel · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Groundsel
+3 more speciesHide species list
All 8 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus
- Prickly HeathGaultheria mucronata2025
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
- Groundsel
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Senecio vulgaris2025
Senecio vulgaris2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025