Drakehouse Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland9 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
53.90705, -2.40121
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
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 · 20 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
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
Eaves Hall Lanepublic footpath · 185 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 185 mPath type: unclassified
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
12 public paths nearby
Public paths
Eaves Hall Lanebridleway · 583 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 583 mPath type: unclassified
Eaves Hall Lanebridleway · 82 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 82 mPath type: unclassified
Bowland Gate Lanebridleway · 895 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 895 mPath type: unclassified
Eaves Hall Lanebridleway · 966 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 966 mPath type: unclassified
Bowland Gate Lanebridleway · 733 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 733 mPath type: unclassified
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Wildlife to spot
12,328 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,328 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Coal Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Blackbird +46
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
Weasel · Brown Hare
- WeaselMustela nivalis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🌿Plants9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Sharp-flowered Rush · Lesser Spearwort · Jointed Rush · Marsh Pennywort · Wych Elm +4
- Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
- Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
- Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
- Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris
- Wych ElmUlmus glabra2024
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,328 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Coal Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Blackbird +46
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
Weasel · Brown Hare
- WeaselMustela nivalis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🌿Plants9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Sharp-flowered Rush · Lesser Spearwort · Jointed Rush · Marsh Pennywort · Wych Elm +4
- Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
- Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
- Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
- Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris
- Wych ElmUlmus glabra2024
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
White Dead-nettleLamium album2024White Dead-nettleLamium album2024Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum2024Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum2024