Rough Hey Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.46228, -2.68100
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
GM Ringway Stage 16Walking route16.3 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 16 - Wigan to Leigh
Named routeLength 16.3 kmRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Sankey Canal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route
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Footpath to Sankey Valley Park
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Wildlife to spot
22,394 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,394 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Blackbird +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Daubenton's Bat · Rabbit · Bat
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- BatChiroptera2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Western Honey Bee · Sphaerophoria scripta +15
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
- Hairy Shieldbug
Hogweed · Hawthorn · Hemp-agrimony · Dandelion · Common Fleabane +66
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025
- DandelionTaraxacum2025
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,394 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Blackbird +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Daubenton's Bat · Rabbit · Bat
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- BatChiroptera2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Western Honey Bee · Sphaerophoria scripta +15
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
- Hairy Shieldbug
Hogweed · Hawthorn · Hemp-agrimony · Dandelion · Common Fleabane +66
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025
- DandelionTaraxacum2025
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dolycoris baccarum2025
Dolycoris baccarum2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025SitonaSitona2025SitonaSitona2025Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2025Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus20252025
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