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Lyme and Wood Pits Country Park

1 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

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53.46678, -2.65015

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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

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +66 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Dandelion, Bramble, Guelder-rose +18 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Alder Leaf Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +76 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Alder Leaf Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +76 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Daisy, Creeping Buttercup, Dandelion +129 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Daisy, Creeping Buttercup, Dandelion +129 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

GM Ringway Stage 16Walking route16.3 km

GM Ringway Stage 16 - Wigan to Leigh

Named routeLength 16.3 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Sankey Canal TrailCycling route

Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

9,030 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,030 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

autumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Song Thrush · Black-headed Gull · Great Tit +45

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerwinter

2026

Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Bat

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
BatChiroptera2025

🐝

Insects20 species

summer

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Vine Weevil · Hairy Shieldbug · Cuckoo-Spit Insect +15

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
SitonaSitona2025
Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025

🌿

Plants68 species

summer

2025

Tufted Vetch · White Clover · Common Fleabane · Sneezewort · Hemp-agrimony +63

Tufted VetchVicia cracca
White CloverTrifolium repens
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
DandelionTaraxacum
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Pale GalingaleCyperus eragrostis
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum
TimothyPhleum pratense
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
GorseUlex europaeus
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra subsp. nigra
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum
Curled DockRumex crispus
EyebrightEuphrasia
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Water MintMentha aquatica
ElderSambucus nigra
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Aster agg.Aster agg.
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
CharlockSinapis arvensis
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
BrambleRubus fruticosus
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,030 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

autumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Song Thrush · Black-headed Gull · Great Tit +45

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerwinter

2026

Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Bat

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
BatChiroptera2025

🐝

Insects20 species

summer

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Vine Weevil · Hairy Shieldbug · Cuckoo-Spit Insect +15

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
SitonaSitona2025
Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025

🌿

Plants68 species

summer

2025

Tufted Vetch · White Clover · Common Fleabane · Sneezewort · Hemp-agrimony +63

Tufted VetchVicia cracca
White CloverTrifolium repens
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
DandelionTaraxacum
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Pale GalingaleCyperus eragrostis
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum
TimothyPhleum pratense
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
GorseUlex europaeus
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra subsp. nigra
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum
Curled DockRumex crispus
EyebrightEuphrasia
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Water MintMentha aquatica
ElderSambucus nigra
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Aster agg.Aster agg.
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
CharlockSinapis arvensis
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
BrambleRubus fruticosus
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium

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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