Rough Park Wood - Woodland plantation
4 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🌲Walks🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.54809, -2.73285
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
- 🅿️Harts Lane Car Park 356m away — 8 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
- 🅿️Harts Lane Car Park 356m away — 8 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Conifer plantation — limited but present wildlife
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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
Photos
Sunrise over College Farm pond
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Wildlife to spot
8,488 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,488 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Mallard · Wren · Great Tit +20
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common GullLarus canus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Rock DoveColumba livia
Cheilosia albitarsis · Empis nigripes · Murky-legged Black Legionnaire · Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus · Coenosia tigrina +125
- Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis
- Empis nigripesEmpis nigripes
- Murky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybata
- Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus
- Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
🌿Plants2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Aspen · Watercress
- AspenPopulus tremula
- WatercressNasturtium officinale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,488 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Mallard · Wren · Great Tit +20
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common GullLarus canus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Rock DoveColumba livia
Cheilosia albitarsis · Empis nigripes · Murky-legged Black Legionnaire · Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus · Coenosia tigrina +125
- Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis
- Empis nigripesEmpis nigripes
- Murky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybata
- Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus
- Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
🌿Plants2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Aspen · Watercress
- AspenPopulus tremula
- WatercressNasturtium officinale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas