The Hall Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland4 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.63718, -2.47898
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 362m away — 4 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 362m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Lowland fens priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
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
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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▾
Rotary 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
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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Wildlife to spot
13,486 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,486 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Kestrel · Mallard · Pheasant · Woodpigeon · Starling +40
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TealAnas crecca
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🦎Reptiles1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Hawker · Black Darter · Brown Hawker · Emerald Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird +9
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Devil's-bit Scabious · Rhododendron · Cross-leaved Heath · Cranberry · Common Spotted-orchid +17
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
- CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,486 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Kestrel · Mallard · Pheasant · Woodpigeon · Starling +40
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TealAnas crecca
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🦎Reptiles1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Hawker · Black Darter · Brown Hawker · Emerald Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird +9
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Devil's-bit Scabious · Rhododendron · Cross-leaved Heath · Cranberry · Common Spotted-orchid +17
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
- CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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