Colliery Plantation - Woodland plantation
3 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.53774, -2.79235
Open directionsv
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
- ☕Cafe Wi-Fi — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ 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
- ☕Cafe Wi-Fi — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Lowland raised bog priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Raised bog — specialist bog birds and passage raptors
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Lowland raised bog — bog butterflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route153 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 153 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route253 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 253 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route397 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 397 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 562Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
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Wildlife to spot
4,020 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,020 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Great Tit · Robin · Black-headed Gull · Blackbird · Starling +25
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Mole · Brown Rat
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Eristalis pertinax · Welsh Chafer · 7-spot Ladybird · Melanostoma scalare +9
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2024
- MelanostomaMelanostoma
Himalayan Balsam · Red Campion · Norway Maple · Elder · Sycamore +62
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides
- ElderSambucus nigra
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,020 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Great Tit · Robin · Black-headed Gull · Blackbird · Starling +25
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Mole · Brown Rat
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Eristalis pertinax · Welsh Chafer · 7-spot Ladybird · Melanostoma scalare +9
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2024
- MelanostomaMelanostoma
Himalayan Balsam · Red Campion · Norway Maple · Elder · Sycamore +62
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides
- ElderSambucus nigra
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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