Hall Wood - Woodland
22 ha
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🐶Dogs🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome22 ha
Getting here
53.63335, -2.53809
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Lower House Car Park 487m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Lower House Car Park 487m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin
Free
Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Tacklers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Full walk - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Rotary WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
GM Ringway Stage 14Walking route21.9 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 14 - Bromley Cross to Blackrod
Named routeLength 21.9 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 15Walking route16.2 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 15 - Blackrod to Wigan
Named routeLength 16.2 kmRegional walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Chorley LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef Chorley LoopLocal cycle route
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route143 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 143 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 55Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route2.9 km▾
Named routeRef 55Length 2.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Healey Nab Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route▾
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9,885 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
9,885 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow · Meadow Pipit +38
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Little StintCalidris minuta2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Mole · Roe Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Orange Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Spotted-winged Drosophila · Syrphus · Graphopsocus cruciatus +4
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Birch Shieldbug
Cranberry · Cross-leaved Heath · Crowberry · Rosebay Willowherb · Daisy +35
- CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos
- Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
- CrowberryEmpetrum nigrum subsp. nigrum
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- DaisyBellis perennis
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,885 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow · Meadow Pipit +38
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Little StintCalidris minuta2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Mole · Roe Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Orange Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Spotted-winged Drosophila · Syrphus · Graphopsocus cruciatus +4
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Birch Shieldbug
Cranberry · Cross-leaved Heath · Crowberry · Rosebay Willowherb · Daisy +35
- CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos
- Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
- CrowberryEmpetrum nigrum subsp. nigrum
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- DaisyBellis perennis
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Elasmostethus interstinctus
Elasmostethus interstinctus
Triplax aeneaTriplax aeneaTriplax aeneaTriplax aeneaBlack DarterSympetrum danaeBlack DarterSympetrum danaeFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaBog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragumBog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragumSelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025ShallonGaultheria shallon2025ShallonGaultheria shallon2025Darwin's BarberryBerberis darwiniiDarwin's BarberryBerberis darwiniiBilberryVaccinium myrtillusBilberryVaccinium myrtillusCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataHard-fernBlechnum spicantHard-fernBlechnum spicantOpposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifoliumOpposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifoliumWelsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025Prickly HeathGaultheria mucronata2025Prickly HeathGaultheria mucronata2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena2025Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena2025NasturtiumTropaeolum majus2025NasturtiumTropaeolum majus2025Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2025RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2025Fodder BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicum2025Fodder BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicum2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2025Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2025Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2025Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025Water MintMentha aquatica2025Water MintMentha aquatica2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2025Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2025