Old Park Wood
✦ Ancient woodland10 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
53.99950, -2.80516
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦95+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Mallard
- 🌿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
- 🐦95+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Mallard
- 🌿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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Mallard, Woodpigeon +92 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Mallard, Woodpigeon +92 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
Plants — Blackthorn, Hawthorn, Hogweed +10 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Lesser Celandine, Spear Thistle, Common Ragwort +44 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Lancashire Coastal WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 220kmRegional walking route
Wyre Way (Garstang to Abbeystead)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
37 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
The Trough of BowlandCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
University Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bay Cycle WayCycling route132 km▾
Named routeRef 700Length 132 kmNational Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
57,106 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
57,106 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Avocet · Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +5
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Rabbit · Mole · Wood Mouse · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat +4
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
Common Carder Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Lesser Celandine · Ribwort Plantain · Spear Thistle · Common Ragwort · Selfheal +40
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
57,106 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Avocet · Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +5
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Rabbit · Mole · Wood Mouse · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat +4
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
Common Carder Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Lesser Celandine · Ribwort Plantain · Spear Thistle · Common Ragwort · Selfheal +40
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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