Broadleaved woodland near Back o' th' Bank
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.58925, -2.42440
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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
- 🛝Playground 298m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 298m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £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 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Warpers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
GM Ringway Stage 13Walking route18 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 13 - Bury to Bromley Cross
Named routeLength 18 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 14Walking route21.9 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 14 - Bromley Cross to Blackrod
Named routeLength 21.9 kmRegional walking route
46 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Regional Route 80Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Moss BankCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bradley Fold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Farnworth Streets For All Phase OneCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Farnworth Streets For All Phase TwoCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
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Back o' th' Bank House, Hereford St, Bolton
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Wildlife to spot
24,655 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,655 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds23 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Rock Dove · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Carrion Crow +18
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Brown Rat
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2026▾
Frog · Common Frog · Common Toad
- FrogRana
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
🌿Plants8 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Turkey Oak · Wild Strawberry · Giant Hogweed · Common Ragwort · Hornbeam +3
- Turkey OakQuercus cerris2025
- Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- HornbeamCarpinus betulus
- Garden Privet
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,655 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds23 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Rock Dove · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Carrion Crow +18
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Brown Rat
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2026▾
Frog · Common Frog · Common Toad
- FrogRana
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
🌿Plants8 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Turkey Oak · Wild Strawberry · Giant Hogweed · Common Ragwort · Hornbeam +3
- Turkey OakQuercus cerris2025
- Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- HornbeamCarpinus betulus
- Garden Privet
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ligustrum ovalifolium
Ligustrum ovalifolium
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli2025CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli2025Events & activities nearby
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