Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Dogs welcome43 ha
Getting here
53.65811, -2.64274
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 140m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 140m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +81 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: ASTLEY HALL; Historic site
Free
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +81 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Furrow Bee, Dark Blood Bee, Eristalis tenax +38 more · last seen 2026; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Butterfly-bush, Giant Blackberry, Rubus distractiformis +159 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Adlington Circular WalkWalking route▾
Theatre Walkpublic footpath · 7 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 7 mSurface paving_stonesIncline upPath type: steps
Theatre Walkpublic footpath · 36 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 36 mSurface paving_stonesIncline upPath type: path
Common Bank Lanepublic footpath · 486 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 486 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
60 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 route2.9 km▾
Named routeRef 55Length 2.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route31 m▾
Named routeLength 31 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route126 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 126 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Healey Nab Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
21,436 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,436 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Woodpigeon · Larus argentatus argenteus +44
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchosAnas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pica pica picaPica pica pica2025
- Sturnus vulgaris vulgarisSturnus vulgaris vulgaris2025
- British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica
- Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus2025
- Gallinula chloropus chloropusGallinula chloropus chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Turdus merula merulaTurdus merula merula2025
- Motacilla cinerea cinereaMotacilla cinerea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- CootFulica atra
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Haematopus ostralegus ostralegusHaematopus ostralegus ostralegus2025
- Carduelis carduelis britannicaCarduelis carduelis britannica2025
- Aegithalos caudatus rosaceusAegithalos caudatus rosaceus2025
- Cyanistes caeruleus obscurusCyanistes caeruleus obscurus2025
- Fulica atra atraFulica atra atra2025
- Corvus frugilegus frugilegusCorvus frugilegus frugilegus2025
- Fringilla coelebs gengleriFringilla coelebs gengleri2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Grey Squirrel · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Clarke's Mining Bee · Harlequin Ladybird
- Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
🌿Plants7 species
winterspring
2026▾
Butterfly-bush · Coltsfoot · Dog's Mercury · Narcissus agg. · Daisy +2
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,436 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Woodpigeon · Larus argentatus argenteus +44
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchosAnas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pica pica picaPica pica pica2025
- Sturnus vulgaris vulgarisSturnus vulgaris vulgaris2025
- British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica
- Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus2025
- Gallinula chloropus chloropusGallinula chloropus chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Turdus merula merulaTurdus merula merula2025
- Motacilla cinerea cinereaMotacilla cinerea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- CootFulica atra
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Haematopus ostralegus ostralegusHaematopus ostralegus ostralegus2025
- Carduelis carduelis britannicaCarduelis carduelis britannica2025
- Aegithalos caudatus rosaceusAegithalos caudatus rosaceus2025
- Cyanistes caeruleus obscurusCyanistes caeruleus obscurus2025
- Fulica atra atraFulica atra atra2025
- Corvus frugilegus frugilegusCorvus frugilegus frugilegus2025
- Fringilla coelebs gengleriFringilla coelebs gengleri2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Grey Squirrel · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Clarke's Mining Bee · Harlequin Ladybird
- Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
🌿Plants7 species
winterspring
2026▾
Butterfly-bush · Coltsfoot · Dog's Mercury · Narcissus agg. · Daisy +2
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Shaggy Soldier
Shaggy Soldier
Galinsoga quadriradiata2025
Galinsoga quadriradiata2025
