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Lea Wood

8 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome8 ha

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53.52286, -2.68365

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Starling, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Starling, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +73 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Guelder-rose, Common Nettle, Elder +11 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Wood Anemone, Wood Avens, Guelder-rose +55 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Wood Anemone, Wood Avens, Guelder-rose +55 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Alder Leaf Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird +17 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Alder Leaf Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird +17 more · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

GM Ringway Stage 15Walking route16.2 km

GM Ringway Stage 15 - Blackrod to Wigan

Named routeLength 16.2 kmRegional walking route

Wigan WayWalking route

Named route

GM Ringway Stage 16Walking route16.3 km

GM Ringway Stage 16 - Wigan to Leigh

Named routeLength 16.3 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route

Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network

Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route

Route 55Cycling route

Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network

N/ACycling route84 m

Named routeLength 84 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route51 m

Named routeLength 51 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route367 m

Named routeLength 367 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

22,758 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

22,758 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Willow Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackcap · Rock Dove · Great Crested Grebe +48

Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
CootFulica atra2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

summer

2025

Brown Long-eared Bat · Mole · Hedgehog · Natterer's Bat

Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
MoleTalpa europaea
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winter

2026

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria2025

🐝

Insects11 species

spring

2025

Varied Carpet Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Marsh Snipefly · 2-spot Ladybird · Alder Leaf Beetle +6

Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Platycheirus rosarumPlatycheirus rosarum
Cantharis rufa

🌿

Plants15 species

springsummer

2026

Wood Anemone · Gorse · Scots Pine · Cock's-foot · Yarrow +10

Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
GorseUlex europaeus
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

22,758 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Willow Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackcap · Rock Dove · Great Crested Grebe +48

Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
CootFulica atra2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

summer

2025

Brown Long-eared Bat · Mole · Hedgehog · Natterer's Bat

Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
MoleTalpa europaea
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winter

2026

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria2025

🐝

Insects11 species

spring

2025

Varied Carpet Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Marsh Snipefly · 2-spot Ladybird · Alder Leaf Beetle +6

Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Platycheirus rosarumPlatycheirus rosarum
Cantharis rufa

🌿

Plants15 species

springsummer

2026

Wood Anemone · Gorse · Scots Pine · Cock's-foot · Yarrow +10

Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
GorseUlex europaeus
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Wikipedia · Lea Wood · CC BY-SA 3.0

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