Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.90641, -2.76911
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕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
🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Western Honey Bee, Common Carder Bee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Lesser Celandine, Hemlock Water-dropwort, Hogweed +144 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 36 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Lancashire Coastal WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 220kmRegional walking route
Wyre Way (Shard Bridge to Garstang)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Wyre Way (Garstang to Abbeystead)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Stoops Weindpublic footpath · 48 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 48 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Riversidepublic footpath · 7 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 7 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Thomas's Weindpublic footpath · 73 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 73 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: pedestrian
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Knott EndCycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Southern Loop to Great EcclestonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
The Trough of BowlandCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
The Chipping RoundCycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
The Barnacre RoundCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Eagle & Child Weindbridleway · 51 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 51 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
King's Arms Weindbridleway · 28 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 28 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: bridleway
Eagle & Child Weindbridleway · 12 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 12 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway
Eagle & Child Weindbridleway · 13 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 13 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway
King's Arms Weindbridleway · 53 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 53 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway
Photos
Garstang Millennium Green Sculpture
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
10,911 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,911 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
springautumn
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Black-headed Gull +27
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Mole · Pipistrelle Bat species
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Brown Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly · Banded Demoiselle +12
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Holly · Himalayan Balsam · Taxus baccata f. fastigiata · Rhododendron · Yew +35
- HollyIlex aquifolium2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Taxus baccata f. fastigiataTaxus baccata f. fastigiata2025
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2025
- YewTaxus baccata2025
- Red CampionSilene dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,911 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
springautumn
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Black-headed Gull +27
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Mole · Pipistrelle Bat species
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Brown Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly · Banded Demoiselle +12
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Holly · Himalayan Balsam · Taxus baccata f. fastigiata · Rhododendron · Yew +35
- HollyIlex aquifolium2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Taxus baccata f. fastigiataTaxus baccata f. fastigiata2025
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2025
- YewTaxus baccata2025
- Red CampionSilene dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Nicrophorus investigatorNicrophorus investigator2025Nicrophorus investigatorNicrophorus investigator2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2025Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2025Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2024Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami20242024
2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025FirethornPyracantha coccinea2025FirethornPyracantha coccinea2025BoxBuxus sempervirens2025BoxBuxus sempervirens2025Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica2025Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025SunflowerHelianthus annuus2025SunflowerHelianthus annuus2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasifera2025Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasifera2025Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025ButterburPetasites hybridus2025ButterburPetasites hybridus2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024White Dead-nettleLamium album2024White Dead-nettleLamium album2024Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2024Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024Events & activities nearby
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