Rough Park Wood - Woodland plantation
5 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.55742, -2.73962
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
- 🅿️Carr Lane Car Park 447m away — 4 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
- 🅿️Carr Lane Car Park 447m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Named cycling route nearby: Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 17 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
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Elmers Green Lanebridleway · 421 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 421 mPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
9,579 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,579 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Mallard · Wren +14
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Cheilosia albitarsis · Empis nigripes · Murky-legged Black Legionnaire · Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus · Cercopis vulnerata +132
- Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis
- Empis nigripesEmpis nigripes
- Murky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybata
- Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina
🌿Plants5 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineus · Aspen · Broad Buckler-fern · Wood Horsetail · Cock's-foot
- Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineusRumex sanguineus var. sanguineus
- AspenPopulus tremula2025
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2025
- Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2025
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,579 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Mallard · Wren +14
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Cheilosia albitarsis · Empis nigripes · Murky-legged Black Legionnaire · Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus · Cercopis vulnerata +132
- Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis
- Empis nigripesEmpis nigripes
- Murky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybata
- Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina
🌿Plants5 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineus · Aspen · Broad Buckler-fern · Wood Horsetail · Cock's-foot
- Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineusRumex sanguineus var. sanguineus
- AspenPopulus tremula2025
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2025
- Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2025
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025