New Ground Wood
✦ Ancient woodland11 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
53.90002, -2.53571
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
- 🌿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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient 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
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Ribble Valley Jubilee TrailWalking route105 km▾
A new 65-mile circular hiking route through the scenic rolling countryside and spectacular uplands of the Ribble Valley and Forest of Bowland.
Named routeLength 105 kmRound tripRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Chipping RoundCycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
The Trough of BowlandCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
6,155 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,155 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLapwing · Curlew · Oystercatcher · Pied Flycatcher · Blue Tit +40
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
Brown Hare · Pipistrelle Bat species · Natterer's Bat · Shrew
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
- ShrewSoricidae2024
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Meadow Cranesbill Weevil · Hairy Shieldbug
- Meadow Cranesbill WeevilZacladus geranii
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024
Bluebell · Dog's Mercury · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Wood-sorrel · Lesser Celandine +10
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2024
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
- BugleAjuga reptans2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,155 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLapwing · Curlew · Oystercatcher · Pied Flycatcher · Blue Tit +40
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
Brown Hare · Pipistrelle Bat species · Natterer's Bat · Shrew
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
- ShrewSoricidae2024
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Meadow Cranesbill Weevil · Hairy Shieldbug
- Meadow Cranesbill WeevilZacladus geranii
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024
Bluebell · Dog's Mercury · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Wood-sorrel · Lesser Celandine +10
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2024
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
- BugleAjuga reptans2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
