We simply couldn’t exist as an organisation without the help and support we receive from our members. By telling your friends and family about the important work we do, we can grow our support network and achieve more for our small charity. Thank you.

You can send your friends the link to this page, where they can fill in their details and receive a free copy of our glossy Lapwing magazine and information on becoming a member. As a special offer if they join, you’ll both receive a complimentary voucher for a brew for two at one of our beautiful visitor centres and cafés* where you can sit back, relax and take in our spectacular county with a cuppa.

National ambassador for The Wildlife Trusts' Forest School projects, TV naturalist and Wildlife Trusts vice-president Nick Baker, declared “the enthusiasm, sense of momentum, and community spirit has been overwhelming” when he visited our work at Moston Fairway nature reserve in 2015.

The Wildlife Trusts are very lucky to receive generous support from players of People's Postcode Lottery. People's Postcode Lottery is a charity lottery in Great Britain where players play with their postcodes to win cash prizes whilst raising money for charities. Find out how players support our vital work here.

More information can be found on People’s Postcode Lottery below and on their support for the Wildlife Trusts here.

The Wildlife Trusts have been receiving generous support from players of People's Postcode Lottery since 2014, when we were given £300,000 to help our work. In 2015, the Wildlife Trusts recieved £525,000, which was again increased to £2.4m in both 2016 and 2017. The support each year has massively helped us in our work across England, Scotland and Wales.

In 2018, The Wildlife Trust continued to recieve support from players of People’s Postcode Lottery with an amazingly generous £2.8m towards our work. Thanks to this support, The Wildlife Trusts are inspiring and connecting people to nature through precious species and wild places, providing thousands of children of all ages with opportunities to spend time in nature through a series of Forest School and outdoor learning activities and standing up for and defended wild places when they faced significant threat.

In 2019 we will be extending our project aims to bring Nature Tots and Forest School taster sessions to both cities so watch this space.

National ambassador for The Wildlife Trusts' Forest School projects, TV naturalist and Wildlife Trusts vice-president Nick Baker, declared “the enthusiasm, sense of momentum, and community spirit has been overwhelming” when he visited our work at Moston Fairway nature reserve in 2015.

The Wildlife Trusts are very lucky to receive generous support from players of People's Postcode Lottery. People's Postcode Lottery is a charity lottery in Great Britain where players play with their postcodes to win cash prizes whilst raising money for charities. Find out how players support our vital work here.

More information can be found on People’s Postcode Lottery below and on their support for the Wildlife Trusts here.

The Wildlife Trusts have been receiving generous support from players of People's Postcode Lottery since 2014, when we were given £300,000 to help our work. In 2015, the Wildlife Trusts recieved £525,000, which was again increased to £2.4m in both 2016 and 2017. The support each year has massively helped us in our work across England, Scotland and Wales.

In 2018, The Wildlife Trust continued to recieve support from players of People’s Postcode Lottery with an amazingly generous £2.8m towards our work. Thanks to this support, The Wildlife Trusts are inspiring and connecting people to nature through precious species and wild places, providing thousands of children of all ages with opportunities to spend time in nature through a series of Forest School and outdoor learning activities and standing up for and defended wild places when they faced significant threat.

In 2019 we will be extending our project aims to bring Nature Tots and Forest School taster sessions to both cities so watch this space.

The Lancashire Wildlife Trust has now taken ownership of the Cafe at Moss Bank Park, which is just next to our wonderful nature area, The Hive.

With fresh food served daily from 10am, delicious cakes available all afternoon, and a stunning view of the park right outside, it's the perfect location to relax after a walk at any time of year for all the family

Open Tuesday - Sunday, 9am - 4pm

Breakfast

Toast, two slices of white or granary served with butter and jam £1 
Toasted teacake with butter £1.25  
Add Jam for 50p 
 
Bacon or Sausage Barm £2.25 
Add an egg or mushrooms for £1.00 extra 
 
Full breakfast £4.95 
2 bacon, 2 sausage, egg, beans, mushroom and toast 
Add any hot drink for £1 extra

Lunch Menu - served from 11:30am

SANDWICHES 
See our deli counter for freshly prepared sandwiches or the specials board 
 
SOUP OF THE DAY £3.45 
Served with bread roll 

SALAD BOWL £3.95 
Mixed leaves, cucumber, tomatoes and peppers drizzled with olive oil and balsamic dressing. Select one of the following fillings: 
Hummus, Grilled Halloumi, Tuna, Boiled egg,  Ham  
 
JACKET POTATOES all served with fresh salad 
Fillings include beans, cheese, tuna and coleslaw  
Simply butter - £2.85 
One filling £3.50, extra fillings £0.50 
 
TOASTIES  
Cheese Toastie £2.50 
Cheese and Tomato Toastie £2.75 
Cheese and Onion Toastie £ 2.75 
Ham and Cheese Toastie £ 3.00 
Ham, Cheese and Tomato Toastie £3.25 
Add a portion of chips for £1.50

PANINIS
All served with side salad, coleslaw and tortilla chips 
Mozzarella, tomato and pesto £3.95 
Chicken bacon mozzarella £4.95 
 
CAFÉ CLASSICS 
Portion of chips £2.00 
Chip Butty £2.75 
Side order of gravy £1 
Jumbo Fish Finger Butty with chips £3.95 
6 OZ Beef Burger served with mayo, salad and chips £4.95 
Add on Cheese £1, Bacon £1 or both for £1.50 
 
Children’s Menu 
See special board 
Beans / scrambled egg on toast £1.50 
Children’s Lunch Bag £4.25 Choice of sandwich, pom bear crisps, portion of fruit and fruit drink

HOT DRINKS 
Pot of tea £1.50 
Tea for two £2.80 
Peppermint tea, green tea, earl grey and fruit tea all £2.25 
Cappuccino £2.25 
Americano £1.80 
Latte £2.25 
Cafe Au Lait £2.25 
Single Espresso £1.50 
Double Espresso £2.00 
Cafe Au Lait £2.25 
Hot Chocolate £2.25 
Hot chocolate with cream and marshmallows £2.75 

Cakes served all day    
Please see counter for today’s special  
Scone with jam £1.50  
Blueberry or Chocolate Muffin £1.50 

The Lancashire Wildlife Trust's Little Woolden Moss nature reserve has been chosen as one of the pilot areas for a new stream of funding from the aviation industry, which forms part of a wider sustainability strategy.

The funding comes through the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), designed to complement the basket of mitigation measures the air transport community is already pursuing to reduce CO₂ emissions from international aviation.

Funding is from Defra and Heathrow Airport, which has ambitions to become carbon neutral by 2020.

One of the main objectives of The Wildlife Trust movement is to engage and inspire people about the natural world. Lancashire Wildlife Trust believes this objective should extend to the private sector.

The funding from Heathrow Airport through the CORSIA Agreement will help us restore globally important habitats. It will communicate not only with Heathrow as an organisation, but with its customers, that the carbon emissions from the aviation industry cannot go unnoticed or without action to rectify some of the damage caused.

This project is part of wider work by the Lancashire Wildlife Trust to save and restore our precious mossland sites. Once the site has been re-wet, carpets of sphagnum moss and cotton grass will be introduced. This will encourage more wildlife to move back in, and to thrive. Just some of the benefits of this project include;

• Restoring globally important habitats.
• Re-introducing species such as the Manchester Argus butterfly (the large heath), which is currently extinct in this area.
• Creating a wider network of habitats where wildlife can thrive.
• Maintaining our natural carbon storage.

This will also ensure that key species such as brown hare, common darter dragonfly and black darter dragonfly can thrive, alongside stone curlew, short eared owl, breeding skylark and the rare bog bush cricket.

Our UK mosslands are a globally important habitat which is currently under threat. We must do all we can to protect and restore these wonderful landscapes.