Crock Hey Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.47864, -2.70306
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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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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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Wildlife to spot
25,939 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,939 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Great Crested Grebe · Robin · Mallard +34
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CootFulica atra2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Rabbit · Daubenton's Bat · Noctule · Brown Hare · Soprano Pipistrelle +4
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
Red-eared Terrapin
- Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects19 species
springsummer
2026▾
Scathophaga stercoraria · Clay-coloured Weevil · Broad-bodied Chaser · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Vine Weevil +14
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Agonum muelleri
Hart's-Tongue · Firethorn · Blackthorn · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Himalayan Balsam +39
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
- FirethornPyracantha coccinea2025
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Yellow Iris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,939 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Great Crested Grebe · Robin · Mallard +34
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CootFulica atra2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Rabbit · Daubenton's Bat · Noctule · Brown Hare · Soprano Pipistrelle +4
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
Red-eared Terrapin
- Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects19 species
springsummer
2026▾
Scathophaga stercoraria · Clay-coloured Weevil · Broad-bodied Chaser · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Vine Weevil +14
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Agonum muelleri
Hart's-Tongue · Firethorn · Blackthorn · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Himalayan Balsam +39
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
- FirethornPyracantha coccinea2025
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Yellow Iris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Agonum muelleri
Agonum muelleri
Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletusSitona obsoletusSitona obsoletusParanchus albipesParanchus albipesParanchus albipesParanchus albipesPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusBadister bullatusBadister bullatus2025Badister bullatusBadister bullatus2025Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025XylotaXylota2025XylotaXylota2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Iris pseudacorus2025
Iris pseudacorus2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaHogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Garden 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 sylvatica2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025OsierSalix viminalis2025OsierSalix viminalis2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2025Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Yellow 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 odoratum2025Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025