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High Wood

✦ Ancient woodland25 ha

📷 Alexander P Kapp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome25 ha

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53.90875, -2.53044

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦99+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Curlew and Lapwing
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 167m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦99+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Curlew and Lapwing
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 167m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Curlew, Lapwing, Great Tit +96 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Curlew, Lapwing, Great Tit +96 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Dog's Mercury, Sweet Cicely +14 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Cicadella viridis, Meadow Cranesbill Weevil, Hairy Shieldbug +5 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Sweet Cicely, Wood-sorrel, Ramsons

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 15 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

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

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Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route

The Chipping RoundCycling route

Named routeRef 6Local cycle route

The Trough of BowlandCycling route

Named routeRef 10Local cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

5,730 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,730 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

spring

2025

Lapwing · Curlew · Pied Flycatcher · Blue Tit · Oystercatcher +45

LapwingVanellus vanellus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
DipperCinclus cinclus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great TitParus major
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
HobbyFalco subbuteo
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
NuthatchSitta europaea
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JackdawColoeus monedula
GoosanderMergus merganser
SwallowHirundo rustica
House MartinDelichon urbicum
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SiskinSpinus spinus
MerlinFalco columbarius
Greylag GooseAnser anser
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
RookCorvus frugilegus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
BlackbirdTurdus merula
SwiftApus apus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024

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Mammals5 species

spring

2025

Brown Hare · Pipistrelle Bat species · Natterer's Bat · Roe Deer · Shrew

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
ShrewSoricidae2024

🐝

Insects3 species

summerautumn

2025

Cicadella viridis · Meadow Cranesbill Weevil · Hairy Shieldbug

Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
Meadow Cranesbill WeevilZacladus geranii
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024

🌿

Plants16 species

spring

2025

Bluebell · Dog's Mercury · Sweet Cicely · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Bugle +11

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
BugleAjuga reptans2024
Water AvensGeum rivale2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,730 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

spring

2025

Lapwing · Curlew · Pied Flycatcher · Blue Tit · Oystercatcher +45

LapwingVanellus vanellus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
DipperCinclus cinclus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great TitParus major
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
HobbyFalco subbuteo
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
NuthatchSitta europaea
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JackdawColoeus monedula
GoosanderMergus merganser
SwallowHirundo rustica
House MartinDelichon urbicum
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SiskinSpinus spinus
MerlinFalco columbarius
Greylag GooseAnser anser
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
RookCorvus frugilegus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
BlackbirdTurdus merula
SwiftApus apus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

spring

2025

Brown Hare · Pipistrelle Bat species · Natterer's Bat · Roe Deer · Shrew

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
ShrewSoricidae2024

🐝

Insects3 species

summerautumn

2025

Cicadella viridis · Meadow Cranesbill Weevil · Hairy Shieldbug

Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
Meadow Cranesbill WeevilZacladus geranii
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024

🌿

Plants16 species

spring

2025

Bluebell · Dog's Mercury · Sweet Cicely · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Bugle +11

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
BugleAjuga reptans2024
Water AvensGeum rivale2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Alexander P Kapp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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