Broadleaved woodland near Ince-in-Makerfield
4 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.53397, -2.61424
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 495m 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 495m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland 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
Signed route nearby
GM Ringway Stage 15Walking route16.2 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 15 - Blackrod to Wigan
Named routeLength 16.2 kmRegional walking route
Wigan WayWalking route▾
GM Ringway Stage 16Walking route16.3 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 16 - Wigan to Leigh
Named routeLength 16.3 kmRegional walking route
13 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
Main RouteCycling route28 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 28 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks
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
N/ACycling route84 m▾
Named routeLength 84 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
37,252 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
37,252 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Mallard · Mute Swan · Woodpigeon · Gadwall +46
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major
- TealAnas crecca
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- CootFulica atra
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
🌿Plants8 species
winterspring
2026▾
Petty Spurge · Butterfly-bush · Ivy · Greater Plantain · Red Dead-nettle +3
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- IvyHedera helix
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
- Common Nettle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
37,252 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Mallard · Mute Swan · Woodpigeon · Gadwall +46
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major
- TealAnas crecca
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- CootFulica atra
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
🌿Plants8 species
winterspring
2026▾
Petty Spurge · Butterfly-bush · Ivy · Greater Plantain · Red Dead-nettle +3
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- IvyHedera helix
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
- Common Nettle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Urtica dioica2025
Urtica dioica2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025