Farrer's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.72689, -2.80542
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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 km4 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
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
Lancashire Coastal WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 220kmRegional walking route
56 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
Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route97 m▾
Named routeRef 62Length 97 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.3 km▾
Named routeRef 62Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
23,208 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,208 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Mute Swan · Moorhen · Mallard · Robin +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Emperor GooseAnser canagicus
- TealAnas crecca
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- RedshankTringa totanus
- ScaupAythya marila
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2026▾
Orange Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Cream-streaked Ladybird +1
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2025
🌿Plants13 species
springautumn
2026▾
Purple-loosestrife · Lesser Celandine · Primrose · Holly · Butterbur +8
- Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- HollyIlex aquifolium2025
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- Red CampionSilene dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,208 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Mute Swan · Moorhen · Mallard · Robin +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Emperor GooseAnser canagicus
- TealAnas crecca
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- RedshankTringa totanus
- ScaupAythya marila
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2026▾
Orange Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Cream-streaked Ladybird +1
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2025
🌿Plants13 species
springautumn
2026▾
Purple-loosestrife · Lesser Celandine · Primrose · Holly · Butterbur +8
- Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- HollyIlex aquifolium2025
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- Red CampionSilene dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hawthorn Shieldbug
Hawthorn Shieldbug
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
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