Wigan Lane Wood - Mixed woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.57448, -2.74570
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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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
20 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
Main RouteCycling route74 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 74 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route13 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 13 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route317 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 317 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
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Wildlife to spot
18,379 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,379 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Starling +24
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwiftApus apus
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Cheilosia albitarsis · Juniper Shieldbug · Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus · Platycheirus scutatus · Migrant Hawker +24
- Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
- Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus
- Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
🌿Plants27 species
springsummer
2026▾
Himalayan Balsam · Tufted Vetch · White Dead-nettle · Wild Angelica · Great Horsetail +22
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025
- Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025
- Ribwort Plantain
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,379 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Starling +24
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwiftApus apus
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Cheilosia albitarsis · Juniper Shieldbug · Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus · Platycheirus scutatus · Migrant Hawker +24
- Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
- Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus
- Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
🌿Plants27 species
springsummer
2026▾
Himalayan Balsam · Tufted Vetch · White Dead-nettle · Wild Angelica · Great Horsetail +22
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025
- Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025
- Ribwort Plantain
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red-legged Shieldbug
Red-legged Shieldbug
Pentatoma rufipes
Pentatoma rufipes
Common WaspVespula vulgarisCommon WaspVespula vulgarisMyrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisDenticollis linearisDenticollis linearisDenticollis linearisDenticollis linearisCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataTipula maximaTipula maximaTipula maximaTipula maximaOncopsis alniOncopsis alniOncopsis alniOncopsis alniMurky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybataMurky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybataPlatycheirus splendidusPlatycheirus splendidusPlatycheirus splendidusPlatycheirus splendidusFigwort WeevilCionus scrophulariaeFigwort WeevilCionus scrophulariaeTawny Mining BeeAndrena fulvaTawny Mining BeeAndrena fulvaSaddleback Grass-cutterEutomostethus ephippiumSaddleback Grass-cutterEutomostethus ephippiumScathophaga lutariaScathophaga lutariaScathophaga lutariaScathophaga lutariaOncopsis flavicollisOncopsis flavicollisOncopsis flavicollisOncopsis flavicollisDownlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceusDownlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceusHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisBlack Ash SawflyTomostethus nigritusBlack Ash SawflyTomostethus nigritusBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBibio leucopterusBibio leucopterusBibio leucopterusBibio leucopterusRed Mason BeeOsmia bicornisRed Mason BeeOsmia bicornisOrange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoaOrange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoaOdeles marginataOdeles marginataOdeles marginataOdeles marginataPlantago lanceolata2025
Plantago lanceolata2025
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2025PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2025ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2025Orange BalsamImpatiens capensis2025Orange BalsamImpatiens capensis2025Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2025Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2025Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2025Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2025Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2025Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2025Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Events & activities nearby
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