King Georges Playing Fields
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.80859, -2.72132
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Toll Bar Cottage Cafe & Meeting Rooms — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Toll Bar Cottage Cafe & Meeting Rooms — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
Best for
11 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +71 more · last seen 2025
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +71 more · last seen 2025
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Wrinkled Fieldcap, Ground Elder Rust, Umbellifer Mildew +14 more · last seen 2025
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Alder Leaf Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird, Rosemary Beetle +19 more · last seen 2025
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Preston Guild WheelWalking route▾
Relation for walking route. The Cycling relation is separately mapped as NCN 622
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Preston Guild Wheelpublic footpath · 549 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 549 mSurface gravelPath type: cycleway
125 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 622 Preston Guild WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef 622National Cycle Network
Southern Loop to Great EcclestonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
The Trough of BowlandCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
NCN 622 (Low gradient route avoiding steep slope)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 622National Cycle Network
NCN 622 (Steep gradient route)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 622National Cycle Network
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Facilities
☕Café
Toll Bar Cottage Cafe & Meeting Rooms · 126m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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2024
2024
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Green Shieldbug
Palomena prasina2023
Palomena prasina2023
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)2022Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)2022Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2022Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2022Water LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctataWater LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctataMining beeAndrena2023Mining beeAndrena2023Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2022Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2022Tachina feraTachina fera2022Tachina feraTachina fera2022Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2022Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2022Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2022Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2022Birch ClubhornCimbex femoratus2022Birch ClubhornCimbex femoratus2022Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2022Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2022Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2021Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2021Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2021Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2021Claviceps purpurea
Claviceps purpurea
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Lesser Celandine
Ficaria verna
Ficaria verna
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WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2022Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2022Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2022Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2022CleaversGalium aparine2022CleaversGalium aparine2022Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022Common SorrelRumex acetosa2022Common SorrelRumex acetosa2022Ground-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaWild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2023Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2022Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2022Goat WillowSalix caprea2022Goat WillowSalix caprea2022Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus2022Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus2022YarrowAchillea millefolium2022YarrowAchillea millefolium2022Black MedickMedicago lupulina2022Black MedickMedicago lupulina2022Curled DockRumex crispus2022Curled DockRumex crispus2022Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2022Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2022Rubus tuberculatusRubus tuberculatus2022Rubus tuberculatusRubus tuberculatus2022ColtsfootTussilago farfara2022ColtsfootTussilago farfara2022Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2022Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2022Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2022Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2022Bush VetchVicia sepium2022Bush VetchVicia sepium2022Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2022Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2022Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2022Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2022Common Dog-violetViola rivinianaCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaStinking IrisIris foetidissimaStinking IrisIris foetidissimaBetula utilisBetula utilis2025Betula utilisBetula utilis2025Copper BeechFagus sylvatica group 'Atropurpurea'2025Copper BeechFagus sylvatica group 'Atropurpurea'2025WalnutJuglans regia2025WalnutJuglans regia2025Red BistortBistorta amplexicaulis2025Red BistortBistorta amplexicaulis2025LaburnhamLaburnum anagyroides2025LaburnhamLaburnum anagyroides2025Monkey-puzzleAraucaria araucana2025Monkey-puzzleAraucaria araucana2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum2024Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum2024Canary-grassPhalaris canariensis2023Canary-grassPhalaris canariensis2023Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor2023Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor2023AppleMalus domestica2023AppleMalus domestica2023GorseUlex europaeus2023GorseUlex europaeus2023Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2023Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2023Persian IvyHedera colchica2022Persian IvyHedera colchica2022Stag's-horn SumachRhus typhina2022Stag's-horn SumachRhus typhina2022Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2022Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2022Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2022Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2022Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2022Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2022SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2022SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2022OsierSalix viminalis2022OsierSalix viminalis2022Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus2022Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus2022HollyIlex aquifolium2022HollyIlex aquifolium2022Grey AlderAlnus incana2022Grey AlderAlnus incana2022Rubus newbouldiiRubus newbouldii2022Rubus newbouldiiRubus newbouldii2022Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2022Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2022CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2022CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2022Greater PlantainPlantago major2022Greater PlantainPlantago major2022Narrow-leaved VetchVicia sativa subsp. nigra2022Narrow-leaved VetchVicia sativa subsp. nigra2022Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2022Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2022Balkan SpurgeEuphorbia oblongata2022Balkan SpurgeEuphorbia oblongata2022Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2022Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2022Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2022Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2022Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2022Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2022Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2022Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2022Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2022Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2022White DogwoodCornus alba2022White DogwoodCornus alba2022TimothyPhleum pratense2022TimothyPhleum pratense2022Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2022Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2022Common BentAgrostis capillaris2022Common BentAgrostis capillaris2022Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2022Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2022False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2022False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2022Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2022Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2022SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022Common SallowSalix cinerea2022Common SallowSalix cinerea2022Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2022Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2022White CloverTrifolium repens2022White CloverTrifolium repens2022Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2022Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2022Wood DockRumex sanguineus2022Wood DockRumex sanguineus2022Tufted VetchVicia cracca2022Tufted VetchVicia cracca2022Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2022Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2022Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor2022Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor2022Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2022Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2022Burnet RoseRosa spinosissima2022Burnet RoseRosa spinosissima2022FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2022FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2022BindweedCalystegia2022BindweedCalystegia2022TutsanHypericum androsaemum2022TutsanHypericum androsaemum2022ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2022ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2022Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2022Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2022Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2022Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2022Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2022Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2022Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2022Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2022Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2022Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2022Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2022Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2022Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2022Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2022Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2021Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2021Events & activities nearby
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