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Getting here
53.88760, -3.03098
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, House Sparrow +74 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, House Sparrow +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets
Free
Plants — Elder, Hogweed, Ground-elder +10 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Creeping Thistle, Coltsfoot, Elder +134 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Creeping Thistle, Coltsfoot, Elder +134 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Lancashire Coastal WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 220kmRegional walking route
Wyre Way (Fleetwood Peninsula Loop)Walking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
Wyre Way (Shard Bridge to Garstang)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Knott EndCycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Tower WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Seashell WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Temporary DiversionCycling route721 m▾
Named routeRef 62Length 721 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route507 m▾
Named routeRef 62Length 507 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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23,242 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
23,242 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Blue Tit · Common Scoter · Turnstone · Sanderling +40
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- SanderlingCalidris alba2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Hedgehog · House Mouse · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- House MouseMus musculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Large Willow Aphid · Vine Weevil · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Common Wasp · Glyphotaelius
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- GlyphotaeliusGlyphotaelius
🌿Plants74 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Creeping Thistle · Common Ragwort · Sea Campion · Centaurea nigra · Yarrow +69
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
- Sea CampionSilene uniflora2025
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,242 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Blue Tit · Common Scoter · Turnstone · Sanderling +40
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- SanderlingCalidris alba2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Hedgehog · House Mouse · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- House MouseMus musculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Large Willow Aphid · Vine Weevil · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Common Wasp · Glyphotaelius
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- GlyphotaeliusGlyphotaelius
🌿Plants74 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Creeping Thistle · Common Ragwort · Sea Campion · Centaurea nigra · Yarrow +69
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
- Sea CampionSilene uniflora2025
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coltsfoot
Coltsfoot
Tussilago farfara
Tussilago farfara
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumItalian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicumItalian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicumGarden PrivetLigustrum ovalifoliumGarden PrivetLigustrum ovalifoliumElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025TansyTanacetum vulgareTansyTanacetum vulgareCurled DockRumex crispusCurled DockRumex crispusSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumSpotted-laurelAucuba japonicaSpotted-laurelAucuba japonicaChusan PalmTrachycarpus fortuneiChusan PalmTrachycarpus fortuneiHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumEvergreen SpindleEuonymus japonicusEvergreen SpindleEuonymus japonicusFatsiaFatsia japonicaFatsiaFatsia japonicaWild CarrotDaucus carota2025Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025AppleMalus domestica2025AppleMalus domestica2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Sea Club-rushBolboschoenus maritimus2025Sea Club-rushBolboschoenus maritimus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Scots PinePinus sylvestris2025Scots PinePinus sylvestris2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025GorseUlex europaeus2025GorseUlex europaeus2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata2025Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2025Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2025New Zealand BroadleafGriselinia littoralis2025New Zealand BroadleafGriselinia littoralis2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2025Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025Sea-MilkwortLysimachia maritima2025Sea-MilkwortLysimachia maritima2025Sea MayweedTripleurospermum maritimum2025Sea MayweedTripleurospermum maritimum2025Aster agg.Aster agg.2025Aster agg.Aster agg.2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025FirethornPyracantha coccinea2025FirethornPyracantha coccinea2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2025Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2025Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2025TamariskTamarix gallica2025TamariskTamarix gallica2025Annual Sea-bliteSuaeda maritima2025Annual Sea-bliteSuaeda maritima2025WeldReseda luteola2025WeldReseda luteola2025Sea-purslaneAtriplex portulacoides2025Sea-purslaneAtriplex portulacoides2025