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Bescar Lane Methodist Church

📷 Keith Edkins · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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53.62142, -2.91780

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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
🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via Pier to Pier cycle route
🐕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
🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via Pier to Pier cycle route
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Kestrel +87 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Kestrel +87 more · last seen 2025

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Pier to Pier cycle route

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Meliscaeva, Syrphus, Epistrophe eligans +3 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meliscaeva, Syrphus, Epistrophe eligans +3 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Rosebay Willowherb, Greater Celandine, Turkey Oak +6 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Rosebay Willowherb, Greater Celandine, Turkey Oak +6 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Reedbed WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

32 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route

Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network

Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route

Route 62Cycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route18 m

Named routeRef 562Length 18 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route1.1 km

Named routeRef 562Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route147 m

Named routeRef 562Length 147 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

6,767 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,767 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

autumn

2025

Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Rook · Reed Bunting · Robin +52

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
RobinErithacus rubecula
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
DunnockPrunella modularis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
JayGarrulus glandarius
Great TitParus major
BuzzardButeo buteo
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Rock DoveColumba livia
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Barn OwlTyto alba
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MagpiePica pica
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Common GullLarus canus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Phasianus colchicus torquatusPhasianus colchicus torquatus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
RedwingTurdus iliacus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Little OwlAthene noctua
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
SwallowHirundo rustica

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterautumn

2026

Mole · Roe Deer

MoleTalpa europaea2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2026

Greater Celandine

Greater CelandineChelidonium majus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,767 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

autumn

2025

Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Rook · Reed Bunting · Robin +52

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
RobinErithacus rubecula
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
DunnockPrunella modularis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
JayGarrulus glandarius
Great TitParus major
BuzzardButeo buteo
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Rock DoveColumba livia
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Barn OwlTyto alba
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MagpiePica pica
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Common GullLarus canus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Phasianus colchicus torquatusPhasianus colchicus torquatus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
RedwingTurdus iliacus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Little OwlAthene noctua
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
SwallowHirundo rustica

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterautumn

2026

Mole · Roe Deer

MoleTalpa europaea2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2026

Greater Celandine

Greater CelandineChelidonium majus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Keith Edkins · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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