Holden's Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland5 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.61198, -2.49676
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
- 🌿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
Lowland fens priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Warpers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Full walk - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Rotary WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
GM Ringway Stage 14Walking route21.9 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 14 - Bromley Cross to Blackrod
Named routeLength 21.9 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 15Walking route16.2 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 15 - Blackrod to Wigan
Named routeLength 16.2 kmRegional walking route
36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Regional Route 80Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Greater Manchester Route 80Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 80Regional cycle route
N/ACycling route58 m▾
Named routeRef 80Length 58 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
N/ACycling route382 m▾
Named routeRef 80Length 382 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
18,821 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,821 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Kestrel · Red Grouse (scotica) · Robin · Wren +25
- MagpiePica pica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mole · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Badger · Weasel +2
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- WeaselMustela nivalis
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Black Darter · Common Darter · Common Hawker
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Lumpy Bracket · Birch Besom · Turkeytail · Oyster Mushroom · Ganoderma adspersum +2
- Lumpy BracketTrametes gibbosa
- Birch BesomTaphrina betulina
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Oyster MushroomPleurotus ostreatus
- Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum
- Beechmast CandlesnuffXylaria carpophila
- Coral SpotNectria cinnabarina
🌿Plants13 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Cranberry · Cross-leaved Heath · Bog Asphodel · Hare's-tail Cottongrass · Polypody +8
- CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos
- Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
- Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
- Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
- PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,821 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Kestrel · Red Grouse (scotica) · Robin · Wren +25
- MagpiePica pica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mole · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Badger · Weasel +2
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- WeaselMustela nivalis
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Black Darter · Common Darter · Common Hawker
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Lumpy Bracket · Birch Besom · Turkeytail · Oyster Mushroom · Ganoderma adspersum +2
- Lumpy BracketTrametes gibbosa
- Birch BesomTaphrina betulina
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Oyster MushroomPleurotus ostreatus
- Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum
- Beechmast CandlesnuffXylaria carpophila
- Coral SpotNectria cinnabarina
🌿Plants13 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Cranberry · Cross-leaved Heath · Bog Asphodel · Hare's-tail Cottongrass · Polypody +8
- CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos
- Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
- Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
- Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
- PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Autumn CrocusCrocus nudiflorus2025Autumn CrocusCrocus nudiflorus2025Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus2025Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2025HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2025