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Wennington Green

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha

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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
🅿️Parking on site — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ 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
🅿️Parking on site — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Tawny Owl, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +54 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Tawny Owl, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +54 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Green-veined White, Meadow Brown, Small Tortoiseshell +127 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Green-veined White, Meadow Brown, Small Tortoiseshell +127 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Valerian, Yellow-rattle, Foxglove +34 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Valerian, Yellow-rattle, Foxglove +34 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Bentham Heritage Trail AWalking route2 km

Named routeLength 2 kmLocal walking route

Lune Valley RambleWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Bentham Heritage Trail CWalking route9 km

Named routeLength 9 kmLocal walking route

Bentham Heritage Trail BWalking route5 km

Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

26 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route

National Byway Trans-Pennine SpurCycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Route 69Cycling route

Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network

Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network

Bentham Bike LoopCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Cumbria CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

7,591 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,591 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds30 species

winterspring

2025

Woodpigeon · Mute Swan · Moorhen · Mallard · Pied Flycatcher +25

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
CootFulica atra2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Great TitParus major2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2022

Otter

OtterLutra lutra

🐝

Insects20 species

summer

2024

Green-veined White · Meadow Brown · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Ringlet · Common Carder Bee +15

Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Small WhitePieris rapae
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023
Large WhitePieris brassicae2023
BumblebeeBombus
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2022
PeacockAglais io
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
CommaPolygonia c-album2023
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2022

🌿

Plants22 species

springsummer

2025

Common Valerian · Foxglove · Yellow-rattle · Japanese Knotweed · Bittersweet +17

Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2023
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
PignutConopodium majus
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024
Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023
Greater Burnet-saxifragePimpinella major2023
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2023
BetonyBetonica officinalis2023
Giant BellflowerCampanula latifolia2023
Black BryonyTamus communis2023
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2023
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2023
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2023
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2023
HopHumulus lupulus2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,591 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds30 species

winterspring

2025

Woodpigeon · Mute Swan · Moorhen · Mallard · Pied Flycatcher +25

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
CootFulica atra2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Great TitParus major2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2022

Otter

OtterLutra lutra

🐝

Insects20 species

summer

2024

Green-veined White · Meadow Brown · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Ringlet · Common Carder Bee +15

Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Small WhitePieris rapae
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023
Large WhitePieris brassicae2023
BumblebeeBombus
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2022
PeacockAglais io
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
CommaPolygonia c-album2023
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2022

🌿

Plants22 species

springsummer

2025

Common Valerian · Foxglove · Yellow-rattle · Japanese Knotweed · Bittersweet +17

Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2023
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
PignutConopodium majus
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024
Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023
Greater Burnet-saxifragePimpinella major2023
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2023
BetonyBetonica officinalis2023
Giant BellflowerCampanula latifolia2023
Black BryonyTamus communis2023
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2023
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2023
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2023
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2023
HopHumulus lupulus2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Karl and Ali · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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