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Getting here
54.07683, -2.76599
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕The Red Door Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕The Red Door Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Wren +67 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Wren +67 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Leucozona glaucia +19 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Meadowsweet, Meadow Crane's-bill, Rosebay Willowherb +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Lune Valley RambleWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Lancashire Coastal WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 220kmRegional walking route
Mill Lanepublic footpath · 154 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 154 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Mill Lanepublic footpath · 192 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 192 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Mill Lanepublic footpath · 43 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 43 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
81 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
City LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
Bay Cycle WayCycling route132 km▾
Named routeRef 700Length 132 kmNational Cycle Network
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Motte & Bailey, Halton, nr Lancaster
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
15,063 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,063 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Carrion Crow · Wren · Mallard · Robin +41
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MagpiePica pica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- TealAnas crecca
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Mole · Bat · Otter · Daubenton's Bat
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BatChiroptera
- OtterLutra lutra
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Carder Bee · Harlequin Ladybird
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Lesser Celandine · Barren Strawberry · Pendulous Sedge · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Meadowsweet +5
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Dog's Mercury
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,063 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Carrion Crow · Wren · Mallard · Robin +41
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MagpiePica pica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- TealAnas crecca
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Mole · Bat · Otter · Daubenton's Bat
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BatChiroptera
- OtterLutra lutra
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Carder Bee · Harlequin Ladybird
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Lesser Celandine · Barren Strawberry · Pendulous Sedge · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Meadowsweet +5
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Dog's Mercury
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Mercurialis perennis
Mercurialis perennis
ButterburPetasites hybridusButterburPetasites hybridusLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisEvents & activities nearby
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