The Old Lower Hodder Bridge 0 ha
Plan your visit
🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🌳 Ancient
Free entry Dogs welcome 0 ha
Getting here
53.84782, -2.45123
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Carrion Crow ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Carrion Crow ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for 7 activities 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Free Birds — Mallard, Carrion Crow, Grey Heron +74 more · last seen 2025
Birds — Mallard, Carrion Crow, Grey Heron +74 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland
🌳 Ancient woodland
Strong match
Free Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Free Insects — Emperor Dragonfly, Banded Demoiselle, Southern Hawker +44 more · last seen 2025
Grade II* listed building: OLD BRIDGE, LOWER HODDER (THAT PART IN THE FORMER BOWLAND RURAL DISTRICT); Historic site
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Free Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Great Horsetail, Enchanter's-nightshade +40 more · last seen 2025
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Ribble Way Walking route 114 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 route Length 114 km Regional walking route
Show on map The Tolkien Trail Walking route 11.4 km ▾ Tolkien Trail famous 'Middle Earth' walk: People come from all over the world to walk the famous Tolkien Trail. To follow in the footsteps of J.R.R. Tolkien himself and see how he was inspired by the beautiful landscape of Lancashire. Immerse yourself in
Named route Length 11.4 km
Show on map Great Harwood Nature Walk Walking route ▾ Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Ribble Valley Jubilee Trail Walking route 105 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 route Length 105 km Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop) Cycling route ▾ Named route Ref 90 Regional cycle route
Show on map Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop) Cycling route ▾ Named route Ref 91 Regional cycle route
Show on map ✦ Scheduled Ancient Monument — Nationally protected archaeological site on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). Scheduled monuments represent the best surviving examples of England's irreplaceable archaeological heritage.
Photos
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▾ Old Bridge, Lower Hodder (Cromwell's Bridge)
‹ › Photos Old Bridge, Lower Hodder (Cromwell's Bridge)
‹ › Good to know £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome
Weather for this location Next 14 days Nearby places Useful places within 5 km
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Badger Meles meles2022
Badger Meles meles2022 Chloromyia formosa2022
Chloromyia formosa2022
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2022
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2022
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2022
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2022
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis2022
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis2022
Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum
Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus
Paranchus albipes Paranchus albipes
Paranchus albipes Paranchus albipes
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2024
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2024
Xylota sylvarum Xylota sylvarum2022
Xylota sylvarum Xylota sylvarum2022
Eristalis horticola Eristalis horticola2022
Eristalis horticola Eristalis horticola2022
Green Gem Microchrysa flavicornis2022
Green Gem Microchrysa flavicornis2022
Leucozona glaucia Leucozona glaucia2022
Leucozona glaucia Leucozona glaucia2022
Nephrotoma appendiculata Nephrotoma appendiculata2022
Nephrotoma appendiculata Nephrotoma appendiculata2022
Long-horned Black Legionnaire Beris geniculata2022
Long-horned Black Legionnaire Beris geniculata2022
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2022
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2022
Neoascia tenur Neoascia tenur2022
Neoascia tenur Neoascia tenur2022
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2022
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2022
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2022
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2022
Notch-horned Cleg Haematopota pluvialis2022
Notch-horned Cleg Haematopota pluvialis2022
Leucozona laternaria Leucozona laternaria2022
Leucozona laternaria Leucozona laternaria2022
Delicate Soldier Oxycera nigricornis2022
Delicate Soldier Oxycera nigricornis2022
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare2022
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare2022
Brachypalpoides lentus Brachypalpoides lentus2022
Brachypalpoides lentus Brachypalpoides lentus2022
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2022
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2022
Small Fleck-winged Snipefly Rhagio lineola2022
Small Fleck-winged Snipefly Rhagio lineola2022
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2022
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2022
Fan-bearing Wood-borer Ptilinus pectinicornis2022
Fan-bearing Wood-borer Ptilinus pectinicornis2022
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2022
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2022
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2022
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2022
Athous haemorrhoidalis Athous haemorrhoidalis2022
Athous haemorrhoidalis Athous haemorrhoidalis2022
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2022
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2022
Epiphragma ocellare Epiphragma ocellare2022
Epiphragma ocellare Epiphragma ocellare2022
Denticollis linearis Denticollis linearis2022
Denticollis linearis Denticollis linearis2022
Black-horned Gem Microchrysa polita2022
Black-horned Gem Microchrysa polita2022
Grammoptera ruficornis Grammoptera ruficornis2022
Grammoptera ruficornis Grammoptera ruficornis2022
Black Snipefly Chrysopilus cristatus2022
Black Snipefly Chrysopilus cristatus2022
Platycheirus clypeatus Platycheirus clypeatus2022
Platycheirus clypeatus Platycheirus clypeatus2022
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.2022
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.2022 Cardamine amara2023
Cardamine amara2023
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2022
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2022
Meadow Crane's-bill Geranium pratense2022
Meadow Crane's-bill Geranium pratense2022
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa
Hop Humulus lupulus
Hop Humulus lupulus
Water Mint Mentha aquatica2024
Water Mint Mentha aquatica2024
Fairy Foxglove Erinus alpinus2024
Fairy Foxglove Erinus alpinus2024
Welsh Poppy Papaver cambricum2024
Welsh Poppy Papaver cambricum2024
Red Bartsia Odontites vernus2023
Red Bartsia Odontites vernus2023
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum2023
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum2023
Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria2023
Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria2023
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2023
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2023
Red Campion Silene dioica2023
Red Campion Silene dioica2023
Lady-fern Athyrium filix-femina2023
Lady-fern Athyrium filix-femina2023
Rubus eboracensis Rubus eboracensis2023
Rubus eboracensis Rubus eboracensis2023
Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca2023
Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca2023
Yarrow Achillea millefolium2023
Yarrow Achillea millefolium2023
Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis2023
Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis2023
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2023
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2023
Red Clover Trifolium pratense2023
Red Clover Trifolium pratense2023
Rubus warrenii Rubus warrenii2023
Rubus warrenii Rubus warrenii2023
Buck's-beard Aruncus dioicus2023
Buck's-beard Aruncus dioicus2023
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum2023
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum2023
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa2023
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa2023
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2023
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2023
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys2023
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys2023
Bush Vetch Vicia sepium2023
Bush Vetch Vicia sepium2023
Red Fescue Festuca rubra2023
Red Fescue Festuca rubra2023
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur2023
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur2023
Slender Speedwell Veronica filiformis2023
Slender Speedwell Veronica filiformis2023
Field Maple Acer campestre2023
Field Maple Acer campestre2023
Holly Ilex aquifolium2023
Holly Ilex aquifolium2023
Ramsons Allium ursinum2023
Ramsons Allium ursinum2023
Daisy Bellis perennis2023
Daisy Bellis perennis2023
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum2022
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum2022
Raspberry Rubus idaeus2022
Raspberry Rubus idaeus2022
Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca2022
Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca2022
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum2022
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