BLUEBELLS at Spring Wood Click HERE for more information
If you go down to the woods this spring I hope you will see a carpet of stunning bluebells.
They’re at their best in late spring. Hyacinthoidsnon-scripta’ (bluebells to you and me) are found in Atlantic areas from NW Spain to the British Isles and are particularly associated with ancient
woodlands, where they often dominate the understory to produce a carpet of sweet scented, violet-blue flowers. Bluebells – the UK’s favourite wild flowers – are protected by UK law under the ‘Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981’.
One of my favourite bluebell woods is Spring Wood at Whalley.
Spring Wood is an ancient woodland, established by the monks of Whalley Abbey before 1600 and is now maintained by L.C.C.
It is an excellent base for walking, with ample car parking space, a picnic site with tables suitable for wheelchair
users and an Access for All trail, plus toilet facilities and an unstaffed information centre.
Spring Wood also has many different types of birds – the bird feeding station on the car park, near the information centre is
an ideal place to sit and watch the birds from the comfort of your car, if you want to watch this way.
I thoroughly recommend a visit to Spring Wood especially at bluebell time.
Where is it? Whalley How to get there –
By car: It is located off the A59, along the A671 Accrington Road, about ½ mile to the east of Whalley;
By bus: there is a regular bus service into the centre of Whalley from Preston (the Clitheroe bus.);
Joan Langford
They’re at their best in late spring. Hyacinthoidsnon-scripta’ (bluebells to you and me) are found in Atlantic areas from NW Spain to the British Isles and are particularly associated with ancient
woodlands, where they often dominate the understory to produce a carpet of sweet scented, violet-blue flowers. Bluebells – the UK’s favourite wild flowers – are protected by UK law under the ‘Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981’.
One of my favourite bluebell woods is Spring Wood at Whalley.
Spring Wood is an ancient woodland, established by the monks of Whalley Abbey before 1600 and is now maintained by L.C.C.
It is an excellent base for walking, with ample car parking space, a picnic site with tables suitable for wheelchair
users and an Access for All trail, plus toilet facilities and an unstaffed information centre.
Spring Wood also has many different types of birds – the bird feeding station on the car park, near the information centre is
an ideal place to sit and watch the birds from the comfort of your car, if you want to watch this way.
I thoroughly recommend a visit to Spring Wood especially at bluebell time.
Where is it? Whalley How to get there –
By car: It is located off the A59, along the A671 Accrington Road, about ½ mile to the east of Whalley;
By bus: there is a regular bus service into the centre of Whalley from Preston (the Clitheroe bus.);
Joan Langford