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Royal Lytham St Anne's Golf Course

1 ha

📷 P L Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

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53.74523, -2.99945

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🛝Playground 288m 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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🛝Playground 288m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Jackdaw +85 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Jackdaw +85 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Taxus baccata f. baccata, Snowdrop, Lords-and-Ladies +77 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Taxus baccata f. baccata, Snowdrop, Lords-and-Ladies +77 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Aegialia arenaria, Alder Leaf Beetle +24 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Aegialia arenaria, Alder Leaf Beetle +24 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Lancashire Coastal WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 220kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

27 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route

Route 62Cycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

NCN Route 62Cycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route1.8 km

Named routeRef 62Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route77 m

Named routeRef 62Length 77 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route128 m

Named routeRef 62Length 128 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

54,139 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

54,139 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds68 species

winter

2026

Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Mallard +63

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MagpiePica pica2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Great TitParus major2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchosAnas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos2025
Tringa totanus totanusTringa totanus totanus2025
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Sturnus vulgaris vulgarisSturnus vulgaris vulgaris2025
Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus2025
Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2025
Haematopus ostralegus ostralegusHaematopus ostralegus ostralegus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
carbo cormorantPhalacrocorax carbo carbo2025
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2025
Numenius arquata arquataNumenius arquata arquata2025
Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
CootFulica atra2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025

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Plants22 species

winter

2026

Taxus baccata f. baccata · Snowdrop · Green Alkanet · Siberian Squill · Soft Shield-fern +17

Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Siberian SquillScilla siberica
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
BeechFagus sylvatica
Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
GorseUlex europaeus
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
ElderSambucus nigra
HollyIlex aquifolium
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Arrow BambooPseudosasa japonica
Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
Sea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoides

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

54,139 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds68 species

winter

2026

Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Mallard +63

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MagpiePica pica2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Great TitParus major2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchosAnas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos2025
Tringa totanus totanusTringa totanus totanus2025
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Sturnus vulgaris vulgarisSturnus vulgaris vulgaris2025
Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus2025
Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2025
Haematopus ostralegus ostralegusHaematopus ostralegus ostralegus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
carbo cormorantPhalacrocorax carbo carbo2025
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2025
Numenius arquata arquataNumenius arquata arquata2025
Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
CootFulica atra2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025

🌿

Plants22 species

winter

2026

Taxus baccata f. baccata · Snowdrop · Green Alkanet · Siberian Squill · Soft Shield-fern +17

Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Siberian SquillScilla siberica
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
BeechFagus sylvatica
Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
GorseUlex europaeus
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
ElderSambucus nigra
HollyIlex aquifolium
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Arrow BambooPseudosasa japonica
Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
Sea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoides

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 P L Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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