Ned Croft Wood
✦ Ancient woodland43 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome43 ha
Getting here
53.87543, -2.69420
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 30 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wyre Way (Garstang to Abbeystead)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
16 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
Southern Loop to Great EcclestonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
The Trough of BowlandCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
The Chipping RoundCycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
The Barnacre RoundCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
3,433 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,433 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
springautumn
2026▾
Pheasant · Blackbird · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Great Tit +19
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Red Fox +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Syrphus ribesii
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Lesser Celandine · Hazel · Wood Avens · Holly · Himalayan Balsam +38
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- AshFraxinus excelsior
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,433 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
springautumn
2026▾
Pheasant · Blackbird · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Great Tit +19
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Red Fox +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Syrphus ribesii
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Lesser Celandine · Hazel · Wood Avens · Holly · Himalayan Balsam +38
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- AshFraxinus excelsior
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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