Bell Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.88793, -2.72594
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
Named cycling route nearby: The Chipping Round
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wyre Way (Shard Bridge to Garstang)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Wyre Way (Garstang to Abbeystead)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route
Knott EndCycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Southern Loop to Great EcclestonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
The Trough of BowlandCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
The Chipping RoundCycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
7,485 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,485 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Siskin · Chaffinch +29
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
Mole · Otter · Stoat
- MoleTalpa europaea
- OtterLutra lutra2024
- StoatMustela erminea2024
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Scaeva pyrastri · Blue-tailed Damselfly
- Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
Hemlock Water-dropwort · Daffodil · False Oat-grass · Hedge Woundwort · Meadowsweet +4
- Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025
- DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2023
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,485 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Siskin · Chaffinch +29
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
Mole · Otter · Stoat
- MoleTalpa europaea
- OtterLutra lutra2024
- StoatMustela erminea2024
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Scaeva pyrastri · Blue-tailed Damselfly
- Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
Hemlock Water-dropwort · Daffodil · False Oat-grass · Hedge Woundwort · Meadowsweet +4
- Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025
- DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2023
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2023Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2023Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2022Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2022Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2022Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2022