Rough Park Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.55934, -2.74056
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Named cycling route nearby: Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Stonehall Lanepublic footpath · 585 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 585 mPath type: track
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Standish Mineral LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route74 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 74 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route13 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 13 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route317 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 317 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Photos
Disused quarry face near Crisp Delf, Farley Lane
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Wildlife to spot
9,556 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,556 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Mallard · Wren +13
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common GullLarus canus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MagpiePica pica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Cheilosia albitarsis · Empis nigripes · Murky-legged Black Legionnaire · Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus · Cercopis vulnerata +132
- Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis
- Empis nigripesEmpis nigripes
- Murky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybata
- Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina
🌿Plants6 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineus · Aspen · Tufted Vetch · Broad Buckler-fern · Wood Horsetail +1
- Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineusRumex sanguineus var. sanguineus
- AspenPopulus tremula2025
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2025
- Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,556 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Mallard · Wren +13
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common GullLarus canus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MagpiePica pica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Cheilosia albitarsis · Empis nigripes · Murky-legged Black Legionnaire · Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus · Cercopis vulnerata +132
- Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis
- Empis nigripesEmpis nigripes
- Murky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybata
- Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina
🌿Plants6 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineus · Aspen · Tufted Vetch · Broad Buckler-fern · Wood Horsetail +1
- Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineusRumex sanguineus var. sanguineus
- AspenPopulus tremula2025
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2025
- Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025