Ridge Wood - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
54.05265, -2.77484
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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
- 🅿️Parking on site — 10 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking on site — 10 car parks within reach
- £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 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lune Valley RambleWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Lancashire Coastal WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 220kmRegional walking route
73 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
City LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
University Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
8 public paths nearby
Public paths
Crag Roadbridleway · 215 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 215 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Ridge Lanebridleway · 225 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 225 mSurface concretePath type: unclassified
Crag Roadbridleway · 183 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 183 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Ridge Lanebridleway · 490 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 490 mSurface concretePath type: service
Moor Lanebridleway · 409 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 409 mSurface compactedPath type: bridleway
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silvatica2025Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2025Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2025Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025CrosswortCruciata laevipes2025CrosswortCruciata laevipes2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Highclere HollyIlex aquifolium x perado = I. x altaclerensis2025Highclere HollyIlex aquifolium x perado = I. x altaclerensis2025Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2025Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025Austrian PinePinus nigra2025Austrian PinePinus 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agg.2025Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025OakQuercus2025OakQuercus2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025Yellow Water-lilyNuphar lutea2025Yellow Water-lilyNuphar lutea2025Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025TansyTanacetum vulgare2025TansyTanacetum vulgare2025Wild MignonetteReseda lutea2025Wild MignonetteReseda lutea2025Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2025Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2025Reynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemicaReynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemica2025Reynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemicaReynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemica2025TurnipBrassica rapa2025TurnipBrassica rapa2025Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2025Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025Events & activities nearby
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