Wilderswood - Conifer woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.60820, -2.53332
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Full walk - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Rotary WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
GM Ringway Stage 14Walking route21.9 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 14 - Bromley Cross to Blackrod
Named routeLength 21.9 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 15Walking route16.2 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 15 - Blackrod to Wigan
Named routeLength 16.2 kmRegional walking route
Adlington Circular WalkWalking route▾
33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Regional Route 80Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Greater Manchester Route 80Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 80Regional cycle route
N/ACycling route58 m▾
Named routeRef 80Length 58 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
N/ACycling route382 m▾
Named routeRef 80Length 382 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Footpath junction on the west side of Wilderswood
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Wildlife to spot
28,064 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
28,064 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Magpie · Mallard · Red Grouse (scotica) · Nuthatch +19
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole · Brown Rat · Brown Hare +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- WeaselMustela nivalis
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Orange Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Spotted-winged Drosophila · Syrphus · Graphopsocus cruciatus +3
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Birch Shieldbug
Cranberry · Holly · Polypody · Hare's-tail Cottongrass · Darwin's Barberry +12
- CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
- Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
- Darwin's BarberryBerberis darwinii
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,064 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Magpie · Mallard · Red Grouse (scotica) · Nuthatch +19
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole · Brown Rat · Brown Hare +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- WeaselMustela nivalis
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Orange Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Spotted-winged Drosophila · Syrphus · Graphopsocus cruciatus +3
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Birch Shieldbug
Cranberry · Holly · Polypody · Hare's-tail Cottongrass · Darwin's Barberry +12
- CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
- Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
- Darwin's BarberryBerberis darwinii
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Elasmostethus interstinctus
Triplax aeneaTriplax aeneaTriplax aeneaTriplax aeneaRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareBrackenPteridium aquilinumBrackenPteridium aquilinumBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragumBog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragumPrickly HeathGaultheria mucronata2025Prickly HeathGaultheria mucronata2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025