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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
53.62191, -2.56433
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Mallard
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Great House Barn Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Mallard
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Great House Barn Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Mallard, Kestrel +51 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Mallard, Kestrel +51 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syrphus, Common Green Grasshopper, Orange Ladybird +50 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Foxglove, Prickly Heath, Rhododendron +142 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Tacklers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Full walk - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Rotary WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
GM Ringway Stage 14Walking route21.9 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 14 - Bromley Cross to Blackrod
Named routeLength 21.9 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 15Walking route16.2 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 15 - Blackrod to Wigan
Named routeLength 16.2 kmRegional walking route
49 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Chorley LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef Chorley LoopLocal cycle route
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Greater Manchester Route 80Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 80Regional cycle route
N/ACycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 80Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route39 m▾
Named routeRef 80Length 39 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Healey Nab Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route▾
31 public paths nearby
Public paths
Roynton Lanebridleway · 33 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 33 mSurface unpavedPath type: bridleway
Top O'th Hill Farm Roadbridleway · 128 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 128 mPath type: unclassified
Roynton Lanebridleway · 210 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 210 mSurface unpavedPath type: bridleway
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
11,847 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,847 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Kestrel · Mallard · Magpie · Carrion Crow +34
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Little StintCalidris minuta2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Orange Ladybird · Common Hawker · 7-spot Ladybird · Spotted-winged Drosophila · Syrphus +8
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus
- Red-legged Shieldbug
🌿Plants48 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Cranberry · Common Ragwort · Wild Carrot · Rosebay Willowherb · Daisy +43
- CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
- Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,847 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Kestrel · Mallard · Magpie · Carrion Crow +34
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Little StintCalidris minuta2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Orange Ladybird · Common Hawker · 7-spot Ladybird · Spotted-winged Drosophila · Syrphus +8
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus
- Red-legged Shieldbug
🌿Plants48 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Cranberry · Common Ragwort · Wild Carrot · Rosebay Willowherb · Daisy +43
- CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
- Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pentatoma rufipes
Pentatoma rufipes
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusTriplax aeneaTriplax aeneaTriplax aeneaTriplax aeneaHornetVespa crabroHornetVespa crabroOak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinumOak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinumEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaGorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusSelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025ShallonGaultheria shallon2025ShallonGaultheria shallon2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Darwin's BarberryBerberis darwiniiDarwin's BarberryBerberis darwiniiBilberryVaccinium myrtillusBilberryVaccinium myrtillusCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glanduliferaHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glanduliferaHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumBrackenPteridium aquilinumBrackenPteridium aquilinumPolypodyPolypodium vulgarePolypodyPolypodium vulgarePrickly HeathGaultheria mucronata2025Prickly HeathGaultheria mucronata2025Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena2025Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena2025NasturtiumTropaeolum majus2025NasturtiumTropaeolum majus2025Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2025RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2025Fodder BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicum2025Fodder BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicum2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2025Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2025SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025Water MintMentha aquatica2025Water MintMentha aquatica2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2025BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2025Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2025Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2025Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Carpet BoxPachysandra terminalis2025Carpet BoxPachysandra terminalis2025Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025