Mason's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
53.78029, -2.70775
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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 488m 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 488m 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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 9 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
St Vincents Roadpublic footpath · 576 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 576 mPath type: tertiary
253 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
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
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
30,054 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
30,054 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Herring Gull · Rock Dove +24
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- RavenCorvus corax
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Common GullLarus canus
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Harmonia axyridis form conspicua · Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis · Harmonia axyridis form succinea +2
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
- Harmonia axyridis form conspicuaHarmonia axyridis form conspicua2025
- Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2025
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025
🌿Plants58 species
winterspring
2026▾
Lesser Celandine · Lords-and-Ladies · Herb-Robert · Garlic Mustard · Ramsons +53
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
30,054 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Herring Gull · Rock Dove +24
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- RavenCorvus corax
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Common GullLarus canus
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Harmonia axyridis form conspicua · Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis · Harmonia axyridis form succinea +2
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
- Harmonia axyridis form conspicuaHarmonia axyridis form conspicua2025
- Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2025
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025
🌿Plants58 species
winterspring
2026▾
Lesser Celandine · Lords-and-Ladies · Herb-Robert · Garlic Mustard · Ramsons +53
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Ivy
Ivy
Hedera helix
Hedera helix
HazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaColtsfootTussilago farfaraColtsfootTussilago farfaraCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glanduliferaHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glanduliferaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisCommon WhitlowgrassErophila vernaCommon WhitlowgrassErophila vernaCut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridumCut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridumSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaHard RushJuncus inflexusHard RushJuncus inflexusItalian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicumItalian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicumHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaOpposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifoliumOpposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifoliumButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaFringecupsTellima grandifloraFringecupsTellima grandifloraMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaBulrushTypha latifoliaBulrushTypha latifoliaElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraStinking IrisIris foetidissimaStinking IrisIris foetidissimaNorway SprucePicea abiesNorway SprucePicea abiesCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaAshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2025Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2025