Crank Wood - Broadleaved woodland
9 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
53.50165, -2.56390
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 485m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 485m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
GM Ringway Stage 15Walking route16.2 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 15 - Blackrod to Wigan
Named routeLength 16.2 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 16Walking route16.3 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 16 - Wigan to Leigh
Named routeLength 16.3 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 17Walking route16.6 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 17 - Leigh to Irlam
Named routeLength 16.6 kmRegional walking route
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Bridgewater WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 82Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route45 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 45 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface cobbles
Main RouteCycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 55Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route203 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 203 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Footpath at the end of Park Lane, Abram
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Wildlife to spot
83,823 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
83,823 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Gadwall · Blackbird · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Wren +42
- Great TitParus major
- GadwallMareca strepera
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- TealAnas crecca
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Alder Leaf Beetle · Ocys harpaloides/tachysoides · Zygina flammigera
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Ocys harpaloides/tachysoidesOcys harpaloides/tachysoides
- Zygina flammigeraZygina flammigera
Blackthorn · Cleavers · Garlic Mustard · Lesser Celandine · Meadow Buttercup +22
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
83,823 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Gadwall · Blackbird · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Wren +42
- Great TitParus major
- GadwallMareca strepera
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- TealAnas crecca
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Alder Leaf Beetle · Ocys harpaloides/tachysoides · Zygina flammigera
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Ocys harpaloides/tachysoidesOcys harpaloides/tachysoides
- Zygina flammigeraZygina flammigera
Blackthorn · Cleavers · Garlic Mustard · Lesser Celandine · Meadow Buttercup +22
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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