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Holts Flat

9 ha

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha

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53.64740, -2.55178

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Walking trails

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Wren, Kestrel +86 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Wren, Kestrel +86 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Cranberry, Cross-leaved Heath, Marsh Pennywort +72 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Cranberry, Cross-leaved Heath, Marsh Pennywort +72 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates; Insects — Common Hawker, Black Darter, Large Red Damselfly +35 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Bilberry, Meadowsweet, Wood-sorrel +6 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Tacklers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Full walk - Witton Weavers WayWalking route

Named route

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

Adlington Circular WalkWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

30 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Chorley LoopCycling route

Named routeRef Chorley LoopLocal cycle route

Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route

Route 55Cycling route

Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route143 m

Named routeRef 55Length 143 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route1.9 km

Named routeRef 55Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route2.9 km

Named routeRef 55Length 2.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Healey Nab Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

4,086 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,086 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds29 species

wintersummerautumn

2026

Kestrel · Wren · Magpie · Swallow · Woodpigeon +24

KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MagpiePica pica
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RavenCorvus corax2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

wintersummer

2026

Mole · Roe Deer · Pygmy Shrew

MoleTalpa europaea
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects12 species

summerautumn

2025

Black Darter · Common Hawker · Large Red Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Emerald Damselfly +7

Black DarterSympetrum danae
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Red-thighed EpeolusEpeolus cruciger
Heather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctus
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus

🌿

Plants21 species

summerautumn

2026

Cranberry · Cross-leaved Heath · Devil's-bit Scabious · Gorse · Lesser Spearwort +16

CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos2025
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2025
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025
GorseUlex europaeus
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2025
Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris2025
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2025
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2025
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2025
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025
Water MintMentha aquatica2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Marsh VioletViola palustris2025
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,086 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds29 species

wintersummerautumn

2026

Kestrel · Wren · Magpie · Swallow · Woodpigeon +24

KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MagpiePica pica
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RavenCorvus corax2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

wintersummer

2026

Mole · Roe Deer · Pygmy Shrew

MoleTalpa europaea
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects12 species

summerautumn

2025

Black Darter · Common Hawker · Large Red Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Emerald Damselfly +7

Black DarterSympetrum danae
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Red-thighed EpeolusEpeolus cruciger
Heather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctus
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus

🌿

Plants21 species

summerautumn

2026

Cranberry · Cross-leaved Heath · Devil's-bit Scabious · Gorse · Lesser Spearwort +16

CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos2025
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2025
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025
GorseUlex europaeus
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2025
Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris2025
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2025
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2025
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2025
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025
Water MintMentha aquatica2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Marsh VioletViola palustris2025
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Gary Rogers · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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