Black Fir Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.82031, -2.73702
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
- ☀️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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️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
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 · 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
83 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
Photos
Playground at King George V Playing Field
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Wildlife to spot
4,408 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,408 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Rook · Starling +19
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Hedgehog · Mole
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
Emperor Dragonfly · Banded Demoiselle · Common Blue Damselfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Large Red Damselfly +5
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
🌿Plants5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Sycamore · Ground-elder · Wild Strawberry · Lesser Periwinkle · Gorse
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2024
- Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor2023
- GorseUlex europaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,408 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Rook · Starling +19
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Hedgehog · Mole
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
Emperor Dragonfly · Banded Demoiselle · Common Blue Damselfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Large Red Damselfly +5
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
🌿Plants5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Sycamore · Ground-elder · Wild Strawberry · Lesser Periwinkle · Gorse
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2024
- Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor2023
- GorseUlex europaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Ischnura elegans
Ischnura elegans
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20242023
2023