Cockerton Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.72852, -2.78099
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
- ☕Booths Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ 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
- ☕Booths Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 18 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
Longton Hall Courtpublic footpath · 185 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 185 mPath type: residential
Victory Lanepublic footpath · 56 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 56 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Franklands Foldpublic footpath · 29 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 29 mPath type: footway
104 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
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
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 62Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
49,573 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
49,573 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Moorhen · Mute Swan · Mallard · Robin +30
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common GullLarus canus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- ScaupAythya marila
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects3 species
springwinter
2026▾
Orange Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
🌿Plants12 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Purple-loosestrife · Lesser Celandine · Primrose · Holly · Red Campion +7
- Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- HollyIlex aquifolium2025
- Red CampionSilene dioica2025
- BuckthornRhamnus cathartica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
49,573 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Moorhen · Mute Swan · Mallard · Robin +30
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common GullLarus canus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- ScaupAythya marila
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects3 species
springwinter
2026▾
Orange Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
🌿Plants12 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Purple-loosestrife · Lesser Celandine · Primrose · Holly · Red Campion +7
- Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- HollyIlex aquifolium2025
- Red CampionSilene dioica2025
- BuckthornRhamnus cathartica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2025Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2025Scarlet OakQuercus coccinea2025Scarlet OakQuercus coccinea2025Turkey OakQuercus cerris2025Turkey OakQuercus cerris2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025Yellow Water-lilyNuphar lutea2025Yellow Water-lilyNuphar lutea2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025Events & activities nearby
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