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53.83997, -3.04061

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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
🛝Playground 137m away — 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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 137m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Playground

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Herring Gull, Woodpigeon +51 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Herring Gull, Woodpigeon +51 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hawthorn, Rock Samphire, Flowering Currant +29 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +58 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +58 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Hawthorn, Lesser Celandine, Tufted Vetch +265 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Hawthorn, Lesser Celandine, Tufted Vetch +265 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Lancashire Coastal WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 220kmRegional walking route

Wyre Way (Fleetwood Peninsula Loop)Walking route

Named routeRound tripRegional walking route

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Cycling

53 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route

Tower WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Park WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Seashell WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 62Cycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

NCN Route 62Cycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

21,579 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

21,579 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds20 species

springautumn

2026

Magpie · Great Tit · Robin · House Sparrow · Blue Tit +15

MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CootFulica atra
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
JackdawColoeus monedula
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects9 species

autumn

2026

Green Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Syrphus · Culiseta annulata +4

Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
SyrphusSyrphus
Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025

🌿

Plants89 species

springautumn

2026

Lesser Celandine · Cleavers · Evergreen Oak · Italian Lords-and-Ladies · Snowdrop +84

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
CleaversGalium aparine
Evergreen OakQuercus ilex
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025
DaisyBellis perennis
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
AshFraxinus excelsior
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2025
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
HornbeamCarpinus betulus
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Hedera helixHedera helix
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
HazelCorylus avellana
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
BulrushTypha latifolia2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
White PoplarPopulus alba2025
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
Water BentPolypogon viridis2025
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
ElderSambucus nigra
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
Chusan PalmTrachycarpus fortunei2025
FirethornPyracantha coccinea2025
Sea BeetBeta vulgaris subsp. maritima2025
Evergreen SpindleEuonymus japonicus2025
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025
Taxus baccata f. fastigiataTaxus baccata f. fastigiata2025
Rock SamphireCrithmum maritimum2025
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2025
Californian HoneysuckleLonicera involucrata2025
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025
Turkey OakQuercus cerris2025
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2025
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
GorseUlex europaeus2025
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025
BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata2025
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
EscalloniaEscallonia rubra var. macrantha2025
Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2025
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Russian-vineFallopia baldschuanica2025
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
FuchsiaFuchsia magellanica2025
Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans2025
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea2025
Common MilletPanicum miliaceum2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
SoapwortSaponaria officinalis2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025
Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2025
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum2025
Annual Wall-rocketDiplotaxis muralis2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

21,579 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds20 species

springautumn

2026

Magpie · Great Tit · Robin · House Sparrow · Blue Tit +15

MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CootFulica atra
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
JackdawColoeus monedula
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects9 species

autumn

2026

Green Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Syrphus · Culiseta annulata +4

Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
SyrphusSyrphus
Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025

🌿

Plants89 species

springautumn

2026

Lesser Celandine · Cleavers · Evergreen Oak · Italian Lords-and-Ladies · Snowdrop +84

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
CleaversGalium aparine
Evergreen OakQuercus ilex
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025
DaisyBellis perennis
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
AshFraxinus excelsior
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2025
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
HornbeamCarpinus betulus
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Hedera helixHedera helix
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
HazelCorylus avellana
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
BulrushTypha latifolia2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
White PoplarPopulus alba2025
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
Water BentPolypogon viridis2025
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
ElderSambucus nigra
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
Chusan PalmTrachycarpus fortunei2025
FirethornPyracantha coccinea2025
Sea BeetBeta vulgaris subsp. maritima2025
Evergreen SpindleEuonymus japonicus2025
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025
Taxus baccata f. fastigiataTaxus baccata f. fastigiata2025
Rock SamphireCrithmum maritimum2025
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2025
Californian HoneysuckleLonicera involucrata2025
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025
Turkey OakQuercus cerris2025
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2025
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
GorseUlex europaeus2025
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025
BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata2025
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
EscalloniaEscallonia rubra var. macrantha2025
Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2025
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Russian-vineFallopia baldschuanica2025
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
FuchsiaFuchsia magellanica2025
Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans2025
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea2025
Common MilletPanicum miliaceum2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
SoapwortSaponaria officinalis2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025
Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2025
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum2025
Annual Wall-rocketDiplotaxis muralis2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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