Paradise Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.75542, -2.61074
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 km5 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Reelers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Full walk - Witton Weavers WayWalking 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
Beamers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
97 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Penwortham to LeylandCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weavers WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef WWLocal cycle route
NCN 622 Preston Guild WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef 622National Cycle Network
NCN 622 (Low gradient route avoiding steep slope)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 622National Cycle Network
NCN 622 (Steep gradient route)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 622National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Green Lanebridleway · 25 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 25 mPath type: unclassified
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Wildlife to spot
12,027 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,027 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Robin · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow +32
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
🐝Insects4 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Scathophaga stercoraria · Banded Demoiselle · Small Red-eyed Damselfly
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
- Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2025
Primrose · Hazel · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum · Himalayan Balsam · Herb-Robert +7
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
- IvyHedera helix
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,027 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Robin · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow +32
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
🐝Insects4 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Scathophaga stercoraria · Banded Demoiselle · Small Red-eyed Damselfly
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
- Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2025
Primrose · Hazel · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum · Himalayan Balsam · Herb-Robert +7
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
- IvyHedera helix
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Highclere HollyIlex aquifolium x perado = I. x altaclerensis2025Highclere HollyIlex aquifolium x perado = I. x altaclerensis2025Common ReedPhragmites australis2025Common ReedPhragmites australis2025Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025Broad-leaved RagwortSenecio sarracenicus2025Broad-leaved RagwortSenecio sarracenicus2025SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2025SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2025