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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome74 ha
Getting here
53.57076, -2.60569
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 106m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 106m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +78 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +78 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus, Western Honey Bee +30 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Beech, Holly, Common Nettle +141 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Wigan WayWalking route▾
Adlington Circular WalkWalking route▾
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Standish Mineral LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route28 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 28 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks
Main RouteCycling route143 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 143 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
12,357 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,357 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Mallard · Robin · Blue Tit +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Western Honey Bee · Eristalis pertinax · Xylota segnis +22
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
Hazel · Sweet Chestnut · Rowan · Remote Sedge · Welsh Poppy +64
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025
- RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
- Remote SedgeCarex remota2025
- Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,357 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Mallard · Robin · Blue Tit +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Western Honey Bee · Eristalis pertinax · Xylota segnis +22
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
Hazel · Sweet Chestnut · Rowan · Remote Sedge · Welsh Poppy +64
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025
- RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
- Remote SedgeCarex remota2025
- Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia2025Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025River SkaterAquarius najas2025River SkaterAquarius najas2025Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2025Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2025Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Suillia variegataSuillia variegata2025Suillia variegataSuillia variegata2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025Strawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubi2025Strawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubi2025SpheginaSphegina2025SpheginaSphegina2025Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis2025Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis2025Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2025Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2025Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025Wood Anemone
Wood Anemone
Anemone nemorosa
Anemone nemorosa
Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachianaEarly Dog-violetViola reichenbachianaPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaOpposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifoliumOpposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifoliumGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaEarly CrocusCrocus tommasinianusEarly CrocusCrocus tommasinianusHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumMexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianusMexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianusCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisLawson CypressCupressus lawsonianaLawson CypressCupressus lawsonianaWalnutJuglans regia2025WalnutJuglans regia2025Field-roseRosa arvensis2025Field-roseRosa arvensis2025Blue EryngoEryngium planum2025Blue EryngoEryngium planum2025Black BryonyTamus communis2025Black BryonyTamus communis2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2025Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2025Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2025Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2025Curled PondweedPotamogeton crispus2025Curled PondweedPotamogeton crispus2025Common DuckweedLemna minor2025Common DuckweedLemna minor2025Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata2025Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata2025GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2025GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2025BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2025Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025RaspberryRubus idaeus2025RaspberryRubus idaeus2025Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2025Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2025Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2025Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2025Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2025RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2025Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2025Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2025Norway SprucePicea abies2025Norway SprucePicea abies2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans2025Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025