Broadleaved woodland near South Shore
2 ha
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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.79345, -3.04339
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- ☀️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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- ☀️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
🅿️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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Lancashire Coastal WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 220kmRegional walking route
52 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route
Tower WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Park WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
NCN Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
NCN Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
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Watson Road Park, South Shore, Blackpool
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6,362 records · National Biodiversity Network
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springautumn
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- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- MagpiePica pica
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwiftApus apus
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common GuillemotUria aalge
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- GannetMorus bassanus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- RedshankTringa totanus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- KnotCalidris canutus
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- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
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- SyrphusSyrphus
- MelanostomaMelanostoma
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Buck's-horn Plantain · Ribwort Plantain · Three-cornered Garlic · Pot Marigold · Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris +17
- Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2025
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
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- Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2025
- Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
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6,362 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springautumn
2025▾
Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · Rock Dove · House Sparrow · Lesser Black-backed Gull +44
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- MagpiePica pica
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwiftApus apus
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common GuillemotUria aalge
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- GannetMorus bassanus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- RedshankTringa totanus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- KnotCalidris canutus
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
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springsummer
2025▾
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- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- MelanostomaMelanostoma
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
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2026▾
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- Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2025
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
- Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum
- Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2025
- Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
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