Dingle Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🌿Foraging🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.81832, -2.65437
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 6
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 6 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
77 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
4,899 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,899 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Greenfinch +37
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2014
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2014
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2014
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2014
- RobinErithacus rubecula2014
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2014
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2014
- MagpiePica pica2014
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2014
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
- Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2014
- RookCorvus frugilegus2014
- Common GullLarus canus2014
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2014
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2014
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2014
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2014
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2014
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2014
🦌Mammals5 species
summerwinter
2023▾
Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Common Pipistrelle · Badger · Otter
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2016
- BadgerMeles meles
- OtterLutra lutra2022
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2023▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2016
Harlequin Ladybird · Common Blue Damselfly · Brown Hawker · Comma · Small Tortoiseshell +59
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2018
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2021
- CommaPolygonia c-album2018
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
🌿Plants10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Horse-chestnut · Tutsan · Wood Anemone · Lesser Celandine · Blackthorn +5
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2024
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023
- Wall GermanderTeucrium chamaedrys
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,899 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Greenfinch +37
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2014
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2014
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2014
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2014
- RobinErithacus rubecula2014
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2014
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2014
- MagpiePica pica2014
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2014
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
- Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2014
- RookCorvus frugilegus2014
- Common GullLarus canus2014
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2014
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2014
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2014
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2014
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2014
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2014
🦌Mammals5 species
summerwinter
2023▾
Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Common Pipistrelle · Badger · Otter
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2016
- BadgerMeles meles
- OtterLutra lutra2022
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2023▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2016
Harlequin Ladybird · Common Blue Damselfly · Brown Hawker · Comma · Small Tortoiseshell +59
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2018
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2021
- CommaPolygonia c-album2018
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
🌿Plants10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Horse-chestnut · Tutsan · Wood Anemone · Lesser Celandine · Blackthorn +5
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2024
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023
- Wall GermanderTeucrium chamaedrys
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2018
2018
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2018Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2018PeacockAglais io2018PeacockAglais io2018Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018Painted LadyVanessa cardui2018Painted LadyVanessa cardui2018Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2021Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2021Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2019Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2017Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2017Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2022Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2022Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2021Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2021Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2021Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2021Fork-tailed Flower BeeAnthophora furcata2020Fork-tailed Flower BeeAnthophora furcata2020Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas2020Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas20202-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20182-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2018GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2018Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2018Small WhitePieris rapae2018Small WhitePieris rapae2018Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2017Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2017Common White WaveCabera pusaria2016Common White WaveCabera pusaria2016Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2016Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2016Swallow ProminentPheosia tremula2016Swallow ProminentPheosia tremula2016Beautiful Golden YAutographa pulchrina2016Beautiful Golden YAutographa pulchrina2016Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2016Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2016Small Clouded BrindleApamea unanimis2016Small Clouded BrindleApamea unanimis2016Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2016Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2016Clouded-bordered BrindleApamea crenata2016Clouded-bordered BrindleApamea crenata2016RivuletPerizoma affinitata2016RivuletPerizoma affinitata2016Dark SpectacleAbrostola triplasia2016Dark SpectacleAbrostola triplasia2016Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2016Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2016Marbled MinorOligia strigilis2016Marbled MinorOligia strigilis2016Clouded SilverLomographa temerata2016Clouded SilverLomographa temerata2016Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2016Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2016Mottled RusticCaradrina morpheus2016Mottled RusticCaradrina morpheus2016Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2016Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2016Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2016Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2016FlameAxylia putris2016FlameAxylia putris2016May HighflyerHydriomena impluviata2016May HighflyerHydriomena impluviata2016Small Angle ShadesEuplexia lucipara2016Small Angle ShadesEuplexia lucipara2016Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2016Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2016Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2016Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2016Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2016Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2016Ingrailed ClayDiarsia mendica2016Ingrailed ClayDiarsia mendica2016Middle-barred MinorOligia fasciuncula2016Middle-barred MinorOligia fasciuncula2016Green ArchesAnaplectoides prasina2016Green ArchesAnaplectoides prasina2016Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2016Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2016White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2016White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2016SnoutHypena proboscidalis2016SnoutHypena proboscidalis2016Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2015Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2015Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2015Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus20152022
2022
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2020Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2020Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana2020Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana2020Silver BirchBetula pendula2019Silver BirchBetula pendula2019HyacinthoidesHyacinthoides2017HyacinthoidesHyacinthoides2017