Brownsills Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.78392, -2.38685
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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 209m away — 2 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 209m away — 2 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 km4 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Burnley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef BuWRegional walking route
Great Harwood Nature WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Huncoat TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Ribble Valley Jubilee TrailWalking route105 km▾
A new 65-mile circular hiking route through the scenic rolling countryside and spectacular uplands of the Ribble Valley and Forest of Bowland.
Named routeLength 105 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Holme Roadpublic footpath · 828 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 828 mPath type: footway
43 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Weavers WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef WWLocal cycle route
Weavers Wheel - Spoke 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Weavers Wheel - Spoke 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
8,723 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
8,723 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspring
2025▾
Herring Gull · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Magpie +42
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- RedshankTringa totanus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common GullLarus canus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Volucella bombylans · Helophilus pendulus · Syrphus +1
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
- SyrphusSyrphus2024
- Eristalis pertinax
Selfheal · Oxeye Daisy · Lesser Celandine · Japanese Knotweed · Common Spotted-orchid +11
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025
- Burnet RoseRosa spinosissima2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,723 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspring
2025▾
Herring Gull · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Magpie +42
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- RedshankTringa totanus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common GullLarus canus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Volucella bombylans · Helophilus pendulus · Syrphus +1
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
- SyrphusSyrphus2024
- Eristalis pertinax
Selfheal · Oxeye Daisy · Lesser Celandine · Japanese Knotweed · Common Spotted-orchid +11
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025
- Burnet RoseRosa spinosissima2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis pertinax2024
Eristalis pertinax2024
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2025Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2025Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2025Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2024Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2024Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2024Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2024Common BistortBistorta officinalis2024Common BistortBistorta officinalis2024