Bolton Close Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland4 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.93726, -2.29190
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
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
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 km3 signed routes nearby · 11 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
Pendle WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional 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
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
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Yorkshire Dales)Mountain bike route172.2 km▾
Named routeLength 172.2 km
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
2,795 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,795 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Pheasant +48
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
- TealAnas crecca2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2020
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Sika Deer · Otter · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- Sika DeerCervus nippon
- OtterLutra lutra2022
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
🌿Plants10 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Himalayan Balsam · Wood Ragwort · Creeping Thistle · Field Forget-me-not · Great Willowherb +5
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Wood RagwortSenecio ovatus2023
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2020
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,795 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Pheasant +48
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
- TealAnas crecca2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2020
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Sika Deer · Otter · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- Sika DeerCervus nippon
- OtterLutra lutra2022
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
🌿Plants10 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Himalayan Balsam · Wood Ragwort · Creeping Thistle · Field Forget-me-not · Great Willowherb +5
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Wood RagwortSenecio ovatus2023
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2020
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2020
2020
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2020MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2020Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2020Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2020YarrowAchillea millefolium2020YarrowAchillea millefolium2020BugleAjuga reptans2020BugleAjuga reptans2020RamsonsAllium ursinum2020RamsonsAllium ursinum2020