Kellet Park Wood - Mixed woodland
✦ Ancient woodland11 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
54.13453, -2.71404
Open directionsv
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
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 km3 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Short RouteWalking route1.1 km▾
Named routeLength 1.1 kmRound trip
Lune Valley RambleWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Long RouteWalking route2.5 km▾
Named routeLength 2.5 kmRound trip
Hobson's Lanepublic footpath · 38 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 38 mPath type: service
35 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
Cumbria CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Bay Cycle WayCycling route132 km▾
Named routeRef 700Length 132 kmNational Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
13,464 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,464 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Coot · Black-headed Gull · Gadwall · Tufted Duck +44
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MagpiePica pica
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Stoat
🐝Insects69 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Brown Hawker · Banded Demoiselle · 7-spot Ladybird · Four-spotted Chaser +64
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Suillia variegataSuillia variegata
🌿Plants8 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Narrow-leaved Ragwort · Nipplewort · Elder · Mugwort · Aspen +3
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- ElderSambucus nigra
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- AspenPopulus tremula
- Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,464 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Coot · Black-headed Gull · Gadwall · Tufted Duck +44
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MagpiePica pica
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Stoat
🐝Insects69 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Brown Hawker · Banded Demoiselle · 7-spot Ladybird · Four-spotted Chaser +64
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Suillia variegataSuillia variegata
🌿Plants8 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Narrow-leaved Ragwort · Nipplewort · Elder · Mugwort · Aspen +3
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- ElderSambucus nigra
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- AspenPopulus tremula
- Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas