Garden Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.81542, -2.72846
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 km1 signed route nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Preston Guild WheelWalking route▾
Relation for walking route. The Cycling relation is separately mapped as NCN 622
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
103 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 622 Preston Guild WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef 622National Cycle Network
Southern Loop to Great EcclestonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
The Trough of BowlandCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
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
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Wildlife to spot
4,636 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,636 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds26 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull +21
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Emperor Dragonfly · Water Ladybird · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Common Blue Damselfly +6
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
- Water LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctata
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Betula utilis · Walnut · Copper Beech · Laburnham · Sycamore +3
- Betula utilisBetula utilis
- WalnutJuglans regia
- Copper BeechFagus sylvatica group 'Atropurpurea'
- LaburnhamLaburnum anagyroides
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Monkey-puzzleAraucaria araucana
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,636 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds26 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull +21
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Emperor Dragonfly · Water Ladybird · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Common Blue Damselfly +6
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
- Water LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctata
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Betula utilis · Walnut · Copper Beech · Laburnham · Sycamore +3
- Betula utilisBetula utilis
- WalnutJuglans regia
- Copper BeechFagus sylvatica group 'Atropurpurea'
- LaburnhamLaburnum anagyroides
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Monkey-puzzleAraucaria araucana
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Large Red Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2024Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2024