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🐶Dogs🌲Walks🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome223 ha
Getting here
53.63766, -2.64598
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free
Dogs allowed — country park
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Country park — designed for family visits
Free
Country park — good for group day out
Free
Country park — managed habitat
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Chorley Loop
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Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 172 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
GM Ringway Stage 14Walking route21.9 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 14 - Bromley Cross to Blackrod
Named routeLength 21.9 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 15Walking route16.2 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 15 - Blackrod to Wigan
Named routeLength 16.2 kmRegional walking route
Adlington Circular WalkWalking route▾
Duxbury Manor Waypublic footpath · 161 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 161 mPath type: residential
Burgh Lane Southpublic footpath · 124 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 124 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Hogg's Lanepublic footpath · 29 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 29 mSurface groundPath type: track
52 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Chorley LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef Chorley LoopLocal cycle route
Standish Mineral LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route143 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 143 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 55Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Healey Nab Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route▾
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Freeman's Lanebridleway · 72 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 72 mPath type: residential
Mill Lanebridleway · 78 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 78 mPath type: residential
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Wildlife to spot
29,274 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
29,274 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Rock Dove · Mallard +47
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Turdus merula merulaTurdus merula merula2025
- Pica pica picaPica pica pica2025
- Motacilla cinerea cinereaMotacilla cinerea cinerea2025
- Sitta europaea caesiaSitta europaea caesia2025
- Fringilla coelebs gengleriFringilla coelebs gengleri2025
- Fulica atra atraFulica atra atra2025
- Gallinula chloropus chloropusGallinula chloropus chloropus2025
- Parus major newtoniParus major newtoni2025
- Ardea cinerea cinereaArdea cinerea cinerea2025
- Poecile palustris dresseriPoecile palustris dresseri2025
- Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchosAnas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos2025
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2025
- carbo cormorantPhalacrocorax carbo carbo2025
- Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Mole
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Clarke's Mining Bee · Harlequin Ladybird · Otiorhynchus armadillo · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug +9
- Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Otiorhynchus armadilloOtiorhynchus armadillo2025
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Green Shieldbug
🌿Plants11 species
winterspring
2026▾
Holly · Butterfly-bush · Coltsfoot · Wood Anemone · Groundsel +6
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Hazel
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,274 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Rock Dove · Mallard +47
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Turdus merula merulaTurdus merula merula2025
- Pica pica picaPica pica pica2025
- Motacilla cinerea cinereaMotacilla cinerea cinerea2025
- Sitta europaea caesiaSitta europaea caesia2025
- Fringilla coelebs gengleriFringilla coelebs gengleri2025
- Fulica atra atraFulica atra atra2025
- Gallinula chloropus chloropusGallinula chloropus chloropus2025
- Parus major newtoniParus major newtoni2025
- Ardea cinerea cinereaArdea cinerea cinerea2025
- Poecile palustris dresseriPoecile palustris dresseri2025
- Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchosAnas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos2025
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2025
- carbo cormorantPhalacrocorax carbo carbo2025
- Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Mole
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Clarke's Mining Bee · Harlequin Ladybird · Otiorhynchus armadillo · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug +9
- Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Otiorhynchus armadilloOtiorhynchus armadillo2025
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Green Shieldbug
🌿Plants11 species
winterspring
2026▾
Holly · Butterfly-bush · Coltsfoot · Wood Anemone · Groundsel +6
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Hazel
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Palomena prasina2025
Palomena prasina2025
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2025Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Ledra auritaLedra aurita2025Ledra auritaLedra aurita2025Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2025Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2025Dark Blood BeeSphecodes niger2025Dark Blood BeeSphecodes niger2025Green Furrow BeeLasioglossum morio2025Green Furrow BeeLasioglossum morio20254-Spotted Digger WaspCrossocerus quadrimaculatus20254-Spotted Digger WaspCrossocerus quadrimaculatus2025Corylus avellana
Corylus avellana
AshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisShaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Events & activities nearby
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