Skirden Hall Plantation - Woodland plantation
10 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
54.01612, -2.36628
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin
Free
Blanket bog priority habitat
Free
🚵Mountain biking
Good match
Named MTB route nearby: The 8
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Ribble WayWalking route114 km▾
The Ribble Way follows the valley of the River Ribble from the mouth to the source near to the Pennine Way National Trail on Gayle Moor.
Named routeLength 114 kmRegional walking route
The Ribble Valley Jubilee TrailWalking route105 km▾
A new 65-mile circular hiking route through the scenic rolling countryside and spectacular uplands of the Ribble Valley and Forest of Bowland.
Named routeLength 105 kmRound tripRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route
Yorkshire Dales CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef YDCRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The 8Mountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
2,853 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,853 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wren · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch · Blackcap · Siskin +45
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- Great TitParus major2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Toad
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Banded Demoiselle · Large Red Damselfly · St Marks Fly · Green Leaf Weevil +2
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- St Marks FlyBibio marci
- Green Leaf WeevilPhyllobius maculicornis2021
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2021
Common Haircap · Springy Turf-moss · Bendy Ditrichum · Common Spotted-orchid · Eyebright +20
- Common HaircapPolytrichum commune s.l.
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Bendy DitrichumFlexitrichum flexicaule2025
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024
- EyebrightEuphrasia2023
- Bay WillowSalix pentandra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,853 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wren · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch · Blackcap · Siskin +45
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- Great TitParus major2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Toad
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Banded Demoiselle · Large Red Damselfly · St Marks Fly · Green Leaf Weevil +2
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- St Marks FlyBibio marci
- Green Leaf WeevilPhyllobius maculicornis2021
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2021
Common Haircap · Springy Turf-moss · Bendy Ditrichum · Common Spotted-orchid · Eyebright +20
- Common HaircapPolytrichum commune s.l.
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Bendy DitrichumFlexitrichum flexicaule2025
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024
- EyebrightEuphrasia2023
- Bay WillowSalix pentandra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2023Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2023Wood RagwortSenecio ovatus2022Wood RagwortSenecio ovatus2022Western Hemlock-spruceTsuga heterophylla2022Western Hemlock-spruceTsuga heterophylla2022Luzula multiflora subsp. multifloraLuzula multiflora subsp. multiflora2021Luzula multiflora subsp. multifloraLuzula multiflora subsp. multiflora2021Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2021Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2021Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata2021Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata2021CrosswortCruciata laevipes2021CrosswortCruciata laevipes2021Bush VetchVicia sepium2021Bush VetchVicia sepium2021Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2021Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2021Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2021Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2021Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2021Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2021Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2021Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2021RowanSorbus aucuparia2021RowanSorbus aucuparia2021ButterburPetasites hybridus2021ButterburPetasites hybridus2021Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2021Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2021Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2021Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2021Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2021Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2021BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2021BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2021AshFraxinus excelsior2021AshFraxinus excelsior2021