Higher Green Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.72355, -2.66578
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 55
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 16 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
Holme Roadpublic footpath · 90 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 90 mSurface pavedPath type: service
Holme Roadpublic footpath · 146 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 146 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
167 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
28,175 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
28,175 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Spotted Woodpecker · Goosander · Nuthatch · Blackbird · Blue Tit +34
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CootFulica atra
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Roe Deer · Red Fox · Noctule
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Frog
🐝Insects1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Buff-tailed Bumblebee
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
🌿Plants10 species
winterspring
2026▾
Blackthorn · Flowering Currant · Alexanders · Ramsons · Ground-elder +5
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,175 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Spotted Woodpecker · Goosander · Nuthatch · Blackbird · Blue Tit +34
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CootFulica atra
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Roe Deer · Red Fox · Noctule
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Frog
🐝Insects1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Buff-tailed Bumblebee
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
🌿Plants10 species
winterspring
2026▾
Blackthorn · Flowering Currant · Alexanders · Ramsons · Ground-elder +5
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Butterbur
Butterbur
Petasites hybridus
Petasites hybridus
Lesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisBee OrchidOphrys apiferaBee OrchidOphrys apiferaEvents & activities nearby
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