Icehouse Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.47548, -2.69080
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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
- 🌿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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Junction of the A58 with A580
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Wildlife to spot
25,362 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,362 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Great Crested Grebe · Dunnock +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CootFulica atra2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Daubenton's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Hare · Rabbit +2
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Red-eared Terrapin
- Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Broad-bodied Chaser · Green Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug +11
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Hogweed · Creeping Thistle · Yellow Iris · Hornbeam · Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera +51
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
- HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025
- Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
- HazelCorylus avellana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,362 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Great Crested Grebe · Dunnock +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CootFulica atra2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Daubenton's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Hare · Rabbit +2
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Red-eared Terrapin
- Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Broad-bodied Chaser · Green Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug +11
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Hogweed · Creeping Thistle · Yellow Iris · Hornbeam · Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera +51
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
- HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025
- Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
- HazelCorylus avellana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
BatChiroptera2025BatChiroptera20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataBlack SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatusBlack SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusLily BeetleLilioceris liliiLily BeetleLilioceris liliiSmall Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorumSmall Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorumXylotaXylotaXylotaXylotaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Garden RadishRaphanus sativus2025Garden RadishRaphanus sativus2025Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025OsierSalix viminalis2025OsierSalix viminalis2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2025Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025CharlockSinapis arvensis2025CharlockSinapis arvensis2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2025American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus2025Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus2025Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025WoodruffGalium odoratum2025WoodruffGalium odoratum2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025Events & activities nearby
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