Moss Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.71816, -2.71524
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 86m away — 2 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 86m away — 2 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
Named cycling route nearby: Penwortham to Leyland
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Ribble WayWalking route114 km▾
The Ribble Way follows the valley of the River Ribble from the mouth to the source near to the Pennine Way National Trail on Gayle Moor.
Named routeLength 114 kmRegional walking route
Preston Guild WheelWalking route▾
Relation for walking route. The Cycling relation is separately mapped as NCN 622
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Moss Lanepublic footpath · 790 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 790 mPath type: service
Brook Lanepublic footpath · 614 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 614 mPath type: track
Lodge Lanepublic footpath · 142 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 142 mPath type: track
181 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Penwortham to LeylandCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN 622 Preston Guild WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef 622National Cycle Network
Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
15,305 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,305 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RavenCorvus corax
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Brown Hare · Fallow Deer · Mole
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Green Shieldbug · Western Honey Bee
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Himalayan Balsam · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Fox-and-cubs · Cow Parsley · Field Horsetail +8
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Dove's-foot Crane's-bill
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,305 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RavenCorvus corax
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Brown Hare · Fallow Deer · Mole
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Green Shieldbug · Western Honey Bee
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Himalayan Balsam · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Fox-and-cubs · Cow Parsley · Field Horsetail +8
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Dove's-foot Crane's-bill
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Geranium molle
Geranium molle
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