Round Wood
✦ Ancient woodland13 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
53.79179, -2.61072
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public 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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Ribble WayWalking route114 km▾
The Ribble Way follows the valley of the River Ribble from the mouth to the source near to the Pennine Way National Trail on Gayle Moor.
Named routeLength 114 kmRegional walking route
Preston Guild WheelWalking route▾
Relation for walking route. The Cycling relation is separately mapped as NCN 622
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Beamers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
77 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Weavers WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef WWLocal cycle route
NCN 622 Preston Guild WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef 622National Cycle Network
NCN 622 (Low gradient route avoiding steep slope)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 622National Cycle Network
NCN 622 (Steep gradient route)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 622National Cycle Network
The Chipping RoundCycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Elston Lanebridleway · 69 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 69 mPath type: unclassified
Elston Lanebridleway · 150 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 150 mPath type: unclassified
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Wildlife to spot
21,316 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,316 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Shoveler · Mallard · Lapwing · Wigeon · Grey Heron +33
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- TealAnas crecca
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Jelly Ear · Yellowing Curtain Crust · Puccinia ribis-pendulae · Ganoderma adspersum · Lumpy Bracket +44
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Yellowing Curtain CrustStereum subtomentosum
- Puccinia ribis-pendulaePuccinia ribis-pendulae
- Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum
- Lumpy BracketTrametes gibbosa
- Oak BlackheadDiatrypella quercina
- Common Orange Lichen
Narcissus agg.
- Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,316 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Shoveler · Mallard · Lapwing · Wigeon · Grey Heron +33
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- TealAnas crecca
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Jelly Ear · Yellowing Curtain Crust · Puccinia ribis-pendulae · Ganoderma adspersum · Lumpy Bracket +44
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Yellowing Curtain CrustStereum subtomentosum
- Puccinia ribis-pendulaePuccinia ribis-pendulae
- Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum
- Lumpy BracketTrametes gibbosa
- Oak BlackheadDiatrypella quercina
- Common Orange Lichen
Narcissus agg.
- Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Xanthoria parietina
Xanthoria parietina
SplitgillSchizophyllum communeSplitgillSchizophyllum communeHairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutumHairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutumFairy InkcapCoprinellus disseminatusFairy InkcapCoprinellus disseminatusHazel WoodwartHypoxylon fuscumHazel WoodwartHypoxylon fuscumNeodasyscypha cerinaNeodasyscypha cerinaNeodasyscypha cerinaNeodasyscypha cerinaSulphur DiscoCalycina claroflavaSulphur DiscoCalycina claroflavaNetted CrustByssomerulius coriumNetted CrustByssomerulius coriumVuilleminia coryliVuilleminia coryliVuilleminia coryliVuilleminia coryliCrystal BrainExidia nucleataCrystal BrainExidia nucleataPhyscia adscendensPhyscia adscendensPhyscia adscendensPhyscia adscendensWillow BarkspotDiatrype bullataWillow BarkspotDiatrype bullataNeosetophoma samarorumNeosetophoma samarorumNeosetophoma samarorumNeosetophoma samarorumChaetosphaerella phaeostromaChaetosphaerella phaeostromaChaetosphaerella phaeostromaChaetosphaerella phaeostromaHypoxylon petriniaeHypoxylon petriniaeHypoxylon petriniaeHypoxylon petriniaeBlueing BracketPostia subcaesiaBlueing BracketPostia subcaesiaCoral SpotNectria cinnabarinaCoral SpotNectria cinnabarinaYellow BrainTremella mesentericaYellow BrainTremella mesentericaCommon MazegillDatronia mollisCommon MazegillDatronia mollisRush DiscoLachnum apalumRush DiscoLachnum apalumDiaporthe samaricolaDiaporthe samaricolaDiaporthe samaricolaDiaporthe samaricolaRuzenia spermoidesRuzenia spermoidesRuzenia spermoidesRuzenia spermoidesPunctelia subrudecta s. lat.Punctelia subrudecta s. lat.Punctelia subrudecta s. lat.Punctelia subrudecta s. lat.Violet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceumViolet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceumCandlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylonCandlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylonScarlet ElfcupSarcoscypha austriacaScarlet ElfcupSarcoscypha austriacaPeeling OysterlingCrepidotus mollisPeeling OysterlingCrepidotus mollisSilver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureumSilver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureumScript LichenGraphis scripta s. lat.Script LichenGraphis scripta s. lat.Bleeding Broadleaf CrustStereum rugosumBleeding Broadleaf CrustStereum rugosumMerismodes anomalaMerismodes anomalaMerismodes anomalaMerismodes anomalaNettle PoxCalloria tremelloidesNettle PoxCalloria tremelloidesBirch WoodwartJackrogersella multiformisBirch WoodwartJackrogersella multiformisGlistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceusGlistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceusPeniophora limitataPeniophora limitataPeniophora limitataPeniophora limitataSmoky BracketBjerkandera adustaSmoky BracketBjerkandera adustaHazel PorecrustDichomitus campestrisHazel PorecrustDichomitus campestrisKing Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentricaKing Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentricaTurkeytailTrametes versicolorTurkeytailTrametes versicolorNetted Shield LichenParmelia sulcataNetted Shield LichenParmelia sulcataParmotrema perlatumParmotrema perlatumParmotrema perlatumParmotrema perlatumHysterographium fraxiniHysterographium fraxiniHysterographium fraxiniHysterographium fraxiniElder WhitewashXylodon sambuciElder WhitewashXylodon sambuciEvents & activities nearby
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