Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
53.74001, -2.50409
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rock Dove and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rock Dove and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Rock Dove, Woodpigeon, Lesser Black-backed Gull +65 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Rock Dove, Woodpigeon, Lesser Black-backed Gull +65 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Tawny Mining Bee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Butterfly-bush, Fritillary, Wall-rue +40 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Reelers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tacklers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Full walk - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Beamers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal 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
57 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Weavers WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef WWLocal cycle route
Weavers Wheel - Spoke 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Weavers Wheel - Spoke 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Weavers Wheel - Spoke 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
15,127 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,127 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Kingfisher · Rock Dove · Goosander · Black-headed Gull +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Brown Rat · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · American Mink
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- American MinkNeovison vison
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Small Red-eyed Damselfly · Brown Hawker
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
🌿Plants6 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Fritillary · Borage · Tutsan · Guelder-rose · Honeysuckle +1
- FritillaryFritillaria meleagris
- BorageBorago officinalis2025
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,127 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Kingfisher · Rock Dove · Goosander · Black-headed Gull +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Brown Rat · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · American Mink
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- American MinkNeovison vison
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Small Red-eyed Damselfly · Brown Hawker
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
🌿Plants6 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Fritillary · Borage · Tutsan · Guelder-rose · Honeysuckle +1
- FritillaryFritillaria meleagris
- BorageBorago officinalis2025
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
