Billinge Wood by munki-boy
Billinge Wood
A beautiful and interesting woodland on the slopes of Billinge Hill in Lancashire with plenty of trails that might be a little steep for some.
There is an old quarry with some evidence of walls and foundations of what was probably the old quarry buildings or perhaps what was once an old farm - certainly the buildings were still in use after the quarry was started sometime before the early 1800s. The quarry has a small pond or lake in the centre but it is quite muddy and overgrown.
The paths in Billinge Wood are used for mountain bike trails:
“As part of Blackburn with Darwen Council’s commitment to encourage cycling and improve levels of physical activity amongst children and adults, new mountain bike trails have been created in Billinge Woods, Witton Country Park.
The new trails form a figure of eight loop within the woods and are designed to offer cyclists a challenging and technical cycling experience catering for experienced and also budding mountain bike riders.
The two trails ‘Tricky sixty’ and ‘Trail of two trees’ are both approximately 600m in length and when completed as a circuit offer cyclists roughly 2 miles of mountain biking pleasure” - Blackburn Council
Created: 9 March 2019 Edited: 28 March 2024
Billinge Wood
Billinge Wood Woodland
Billinge Wood is a 31.92 hectare, woodland area in Lancashire, managed by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council.Local History around Billinge Wood
There are some historic monuments around including:
Ribchester Roman fort (Bremetennacum)Steam tramway reversing trianglePart of Witton Old Hall medieval lordly residence 340m north east of Feniscliffe BridgeRoman signal station on Mellor MoorPleasington alum works.Wildlife in and around Billinge Wood
Billinge Wood Mammals
There are 33 species of mammals recorded as found near Billinge Wood.
| 45 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) |
| American Mink (Neovison vison) |
| Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus) |
| Brown Long-Eared Bat (Plecotus auritus) |
| Common Shrew (Sorex araneus) |
| 55 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) |
| Badger (Meles meles) |
| Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) |
| Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) |
| Daubenton's Bat (Myotis daubentonii) |
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Billinge Wood Birds
There are 145 species of birds recorded as found near Billinge Wood.
| American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) |
| Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) |
| Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) |
| Blackbird (Turdus merula) |
| Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) |
| Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus) |
| Barn Owl (Tyto alba) |
| Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) |
| Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) |
| Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) |
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