Top o' th' Meadow Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.62856, -2.43848
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
- 🛝Playground on site — 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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £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
🛝Family friendly
Good match
playground
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Warpers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tacklers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Full walk - Witton Weavers WayWalking 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
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
N/ACycling route573 m▾
Named routeLength 573 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Private road, public footpath
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Wildlife to spot
17,555 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,555 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Wren · Robin · Magpie · Jay · Mallard +32
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
🦌Mammals6 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Roe Deer · Mole · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species +1
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025
- StoatMustela erminea
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Hawker
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Cross-leaved Heath · Cranberry · Rhododendron · Bilberry · Bramble +5
- Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
- CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2025
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
- Heather
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,555 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Wren · Robin · Magpie · Jay · Mallard +32
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
🦌Mammals6 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Roe Deer · Mole · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species +1
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025
- StoatMustela erminea
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Hawker
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Cross-leaved Heath · Cranberry · Rhododendron · Bilberry · Bramble +5
- Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
- CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2025
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
- Heather
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Calluna vulgaris
Calluna vulgaris
Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectumIntermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectumMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaEvents & activities nearby
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