Top Lodge at Yarrow Valley Country Park by munki-boy
Top Lodge
Top Lodge is a former mill pond and is now part of the Yarrow Valley Country Park nature conservation area.
Now mostly silted up and used as a reed bed for wildlife, a viewing platform and path is available round the South side.
Created: 10 October 2019 Edited: 29 November 2023
Top Lodge Details
Top Lodge is a lake in Lancashire
Top Lodge
Local History around Top Lodge
There are some historic monuments around including:
Haigh Sough mine drainage portal, 310m west of Park HouseBradley Hall, moated site, fishponds and connecting channelsMoated site at Arley Hall, Haigh near WiganMoated site of Clayton Hall, adjacent fishponds and channelsMarket cross in the marketplace to the west of St Wilfrid's Church, StandishCross base on Green Lane 300m north of Strickland House Farm, StandishBretters Farm moated site and two fishpondsCross base at the junction of Standish Green Lane, Standish Wood Lane and Beech Walk, 200m NNW of Strickland House Farm, StandishThe Moat House moated site 600m WNW of St David's ChurchHeadless Cross, GrimefordCross base on Standish Wood Lane 700m south east of Standish Hall.Where to Eat in top-lodge
Wildlife in and around Top Lodge
Top Lodge Birds
There are 50 species of birds recorded as found near Top Lodge.
| Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus) |
| Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) |
| Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) |
| Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) |
| Dunlin (Calidris alpina) |
| Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) |
| Buzzard (Buteo buteo) |
| Carolina Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) |
| Common Swift (Apus apus) |
| Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) |
Tap here for more wildlife found near Top Lodge lake
