Blackhill Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland15 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
53.90079, -2.46560
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient 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
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path 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
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route
The Trough of BowlandCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
Photos
Looking into Blackhill Wood from track to Hare Clough Farm
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Wildlife to spot
20,311 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,311 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPied Flycatcher · Robin · Chaffinch · Great Tit · Chiffchaff +37
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- RavenCorvus corax
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🌿Plants8 species
springsummer
2026▾
Water Avens · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Foxglove · Cranberry · Marsh Woundwort +3
- Water AvensGeum rivale2025
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
- CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos2025
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,311 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPied Flycatcher · Robin · Chaffinch · Great Tit · Chiffchaff +37
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- RavenCorvus corax
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🌿Plants8 species
springsummer
2026▾
Water Avens · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Foxglove · Cranberry · Marsh Woundwort +3
- Water AvensGeum rivale2025
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
- CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos2025
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Broad Buckler-fern
Broad Buckler-fern
Dryopteris dilatata2025
Dryopteris dilatata2025
BugleAjuga reptans2025BugleAjuga reptans2025Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025