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Wigan Lane Wood

1 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

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53.57515, -2.74288

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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

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hogweed, White Dead-nettle, Common Nettle +23 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Great Tit +44 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Great Tit +44 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Arrowhead, Tufted Vetch +190 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Arrowhead, Tufted Vetch +190 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Migrant Hawker, Cheilosia albitarsis +44 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Migrant Hawker, Cheilosia albitarsis +44 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

🚴

Cycling

17 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route

Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network

Standish Mineral LineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route74 m

Named routeRef 562Length 74 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose

Main RouteCycling route13 m

Named routeRef 562Length 13 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth

Main RouteCycling route317 m

Named routeRef 562Length 317 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth

Wildlife to spot

13,469 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,469 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds20 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Jackdaw · Pheasant +15

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
SwallowHirundo rustica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
RookCorvus frugilegus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
DipperCinclus cinclus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BuzzardButeo buteo

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Mole · Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel

MoleTalpa europaea
Fallow DeerDama dama
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects40 species

spring

2025

Cheilosia albitarsis · Juniper Shieldbug · Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus · Platycheirus scutatus · Migrant Hawker +35

Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Common WaspVespula vulgaris
Myrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformis
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Denticollis linearisDenticollis linearis
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
Saddleback Grass-cutterEutomostethus ephippium
Scathophaga lutariaScathophaga lutaria
Oncopsis flavicollisOncopsis flavicollis
Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Black Ash SawflyTomostethus nigritus
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Bibio leucopterusBibio leucopterus
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa
Odeles marginataOdeles marginata
Aphis (Aphis) rumicisAphis (Aphis) rumicis
Neoascia meticulosaNeoascia meticulosa
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria
Sphaerophoria interruptaSphaerophoria interrupta
Greater Girdled SawflyTenthredo maculata
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Orthonevra nobilisOrthonevra nobilis
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana
Tipula maximaTipula maxima
Murky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybata
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
SyrphusSyrphus
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera

🌿

Plants56 species

spring

2026

Green Alkanet · Himalayan Balsam · Tufted Vetch · Cowslip · White Dead-nettle +51

Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
CowslipPrimula veris2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2025
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025
Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
LungwortPulmonaria officinalis2025
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Orange BalsamImpatiens capensis2025
ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2025
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025
Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2025
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025
Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2025
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
HonestyLunaria annua2025
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
GorseUlex europaeus2025
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
Bird CherryPrunus padus2025
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Kidney SaxifrageSaxifraga hirsuta2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,469 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds20 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Jackdaw · Pheasant +15

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
SwallowHirundo rustica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
RookCorvus frugilegus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
DipperCinclus cinclus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BuzzardButeo buteo

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Mole · Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel

MoleTalpa europaea
Fallow DeerDama dama
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects40 species

spring

2025

Cheilosia albitarsis · Juniper Shieldbug · Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus · Platycheirus scutatus · Migrant Hawker +35

Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Common WaspVespula vulgaris
Myrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformis
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Denticollis linearisDenticollis linearis
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
Saddleback Grass-cutterEutomostethus ephippium
Scathophaga lutariaScathophaga lutaria
Oncopsis flavicollisOncopsis flavicollis
Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Black Ash SawflyTomostethus nigritus
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Bibio leucopterusBibio leucopterus
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa
Odeles marginataOdeles marginata
Aphis (Aphis) rumicisAphis (Aphis) rumicis
Neoascia meticulosaNeoascia meticulosa
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria
Sphaerophoria interruptaSphaerophoria interrupta
Greater Girdled SawflyTenthredo maculata
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Orthonevra nobilisOrthonevra nobilis
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana
Tipula maximaTipula maxima
Murky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybata
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
SyrphusSyrphus
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera

🌿

Plants56 species

spring

2026

Green Alkanet · Himalayan Balsam · Tufted Vetch · Cowslip · White Dead-nettle +51

Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
CowslipPrimula veris2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2025
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025
Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
LungwortPulmonaria officinalis2025
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Orange BalsamImpatiens capensis2025
ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2025
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025
Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2025
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025
Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2025
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
HonestyLunaria annua2025
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
GorseUlex europaeus2025
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
Bird CherryPrunus padus2025
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Kidney SaxifrageSaxifraga hirsuta2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Chris Denny · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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