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🐶Dogs🌲Walks🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
53.60724, -2.91161
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Native broadleaved woodland — woodland birds
Free
Native broadleaved woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Reedbed WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Hillock Lanepublic footpath · 191 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 191 mPath type: residential
24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route18 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 18 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 562Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route803 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 803 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route36 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface bareearth
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Damwood bridlewaybridleway · 439 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 439 mPath type: bridleway
Dam Lanebridleway · 174 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 174 mPath type: service
Dam Lanebridleway · 186 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 186 mPath type: service
Damwood bridlewaybridleway · 21 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 21 mPath type: bridleway
Photos
A bridleway through Dam Wood
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Wildlife to spot
23,893 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,893 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPintail · Pochard · Wigeon · Shoveler · Black-tailed Godwit +28
- PintailAnas acuta
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2025
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Hart's-Tongue · Lesser Celandine · Ramsons · Holly · Broad-leaved Dock +10
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,893 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPintail · Pochard · Wigeon · Shoveler · Black-tailed Godwit +28
- PintailAnas acuta
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2025
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Hart's-Tongue · Lesser Celandine · Ramsons · Holly · Broad-leaved Dock +10
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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