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Westwood Cemetery

📷 Alex McGregor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

53.53363, -2.62469

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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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 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 — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Black-headed Gull +79 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Black-headed Gull +79 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Hemp-agrimony, Petty Spurge, Oxford Ragwort +37 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Hemp-agrimony, Petty Spurge, Oxford Ragwort +37 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Common Nettle, Red Dead-nettle, Raspberry

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Migrant Hawker, Common Hawker, Emerald Damselfly +8 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Migrant Hawker, Common Hawker, Emerald Damselfly +8 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

GM Ringway Stage 15Walking route16.2 km

GM Ringway Stage 15 - Blackrod to Wigan

Named routeLength 16.2 kmRegional walking route

Wigan WayWalking route

Named route

GM Ringway Stage 16Walking route16.3 km

GM Ringway Stage 16 - Wigan to Leigh

Named routeLength 16.3 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

13 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route

Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network

Route 55Cycling route

Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route28 m

Named routeRef 55Length 28 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks

Main RouteCycling route45 m

Named routeRef 55Length 45 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface cobbles

Main RouteCycling route1 km

Named routeRef 55Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

N/ACycling route84 m

Named routeLength 84 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

40,158 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

40,158 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Magpie +47

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CootFulica atra
Great TitParus major2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🌿

Plants8 species

winterspring

2026

Petty Spurge · Herb-Robert · Butterfly-bush · Common Nettle · Ivy +3

Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
IvyHedera helix
Greater PlantainPlantago major

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

40,158 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Magpie +47

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CootFulica atra
Great TitParus major2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🌿

Plants8 species

winterspring

2026

Petty Spurge · Herb-Robert · Butterfly-bush · Common Nettle · Ivy +3

Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
IvyHedera helix
Greater PlantainPlantago major

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Alex McGregor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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