Shrugg's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.68946, -2.70610
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 403m away — 6 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 403m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 public paths nearby
Public paths
Spring Gardenspublic footpath · 47 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 47 mSurface pavedPath type: residential
Spring Gardenspublic footpath · 37 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 37 mSurface pavedPath type: residential
Chestnut Courtpublic footpath · 109 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 109 mSurface pavedPath type: residential
65 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Penwortham to LeylandCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chorley LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef Chorley LoopLocal cycle route
Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route295 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 295 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
15,526 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,526 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Wigeon · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Starling +24
- WigeonMareca penelope
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
🦌Mammals1 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Orange Ladybird · Green Shieldbug
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Hairy Curtain Crust · Rush Disco · Deceiver · Beefsteak Fungus · Collared Parachute +81
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- Rush DiscoLachnum apalum
- DeceiverLaccaria laccata
- Beefsteak FungusFistulina hepatica
- Collared ParachuteMarasmius rotula
- Sticky ScalycapPholiota gummosa
- Alder WrinkleTaphrina tosquinetii
Lesser Celandine
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,526 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Wigeon · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Starling +24
- WigeonMareca penelope
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
🦌Mammals1 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Orange Ladybird · Green Shieldbug
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Hairy Curtain Crust · Rush Disco · Deceiver · Beefsteak Fungus · Collared Parachute +81
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- Rush DiscoLachnum apalum
- DeceiverLaccaria laccata
- Beefsteak FungusFistulina hepatica
- Collared ParachuteMarasmius rotula
- Sticky ScalycapPholiota gummosa
- Alder WrinkleTaphrina tosquinetii
Lesser Celandine
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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