Carr Brook Linear Park
25 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome25 ha
Getting here
53.70123, -2.63681
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 221m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 221m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Blackbird +58 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Blackbird +58 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Azure Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly +34 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Blackthorn, Red Campion, Common Ragwort +127 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 22 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Full walk - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Beamers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Lord Streetpublic footpath · 68 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 68 mPath type: residential
Swansey Lanepublic footpath · 65 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 65 mPath type: residential
Osborne Drivepublic footpath · 62 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 62 mPath type: residential
59 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Penwortham to LeylandCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chorley LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef Chorley LoopLocal cycle route
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route295 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 295 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route31 m▾
Named routeLength 31 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Healey Nab Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
15,858 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,858 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Great Spotted Woodpecker · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit · Jay · Mallard +36
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
🦌Mammals4 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Roe Deer · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Badger
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BadgerMeles meles
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Orange Ladybird · Migrant Hawker +3
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Blackthorn · Ramsons · Butterbur · Lesser Celandine · Dog's Mercury +30
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Red CampionSilene dioica2025
- Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,858 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Great Spotted Woodpecker · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit · Jay · Mallard +36
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
🦌Mammals4 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Roe Deer · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Badger
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BadgerMeles meles
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Orange Ladybird · Migrant Hawker +3
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Blackthorn · Ramsons · Butterbur · Lesser Celandine · Dog's Mercury +30
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Red CampionSilene dioica2025
- Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025Bridgman’s Bean-gallerEuura bridgmanii2025Bridgman’s Bean-gallerEuura bridgmanii20252025
2025
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025TormentilPotentilla erecta2025TormentilPotentilla erecta2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Water MintMentha aquatica2025Water MintMentha aquatica2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2025Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025TansyTanacetum vulgare2025TansyTanacetum vulgare2025Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2025Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Events & activities nearby
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