🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
Best for
2 activities
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🌲
Forest walks
Good match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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4 signed routes nearby · 40 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Mary Towneley LoopWalking route▾
Forms part of Pennine Bridleway National Trail
Named routeRegional walking route
Irwell Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Rossendale WayWalking route▾
A high-level route around Bacup, Rawtenstall, Haslingden and Whitworth in the Rossendale Valley, crossing the open moors and farmland of the South Pennines which roughly follows the Rossendale Borough boundary.
Named routeRegional walking route
Burnley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef BuWRegional walking route
Pinch Clough Roadpublic footpath · 267 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 267 mPath type: unclassified
Hargreaves Fold Lanepublic footpath · 70 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 70 mSurface unpavedPath type: residential
West View Roadpublic footpath · 117 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 117 mPath type: residential
🚴
Cycling
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16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Vos Stansfield Road - Cowpe RoadCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Blackburn Rd/Manchester Rd ACLCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 661Local cycle route
Route 92Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 92Regional cycle route
Britannia GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Mountain biking
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2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lee Quarry Red RouteMountain bike route▾
Named route
Lee Quarry Black RouteMountain bike route▾
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
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12 public paths nearby
Public paths
Pinch Clough Roadbridleway · 2 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 2 mPath type: unclassified
Pinch Clough Roadbridleway · 129 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 129 mSurface unpavedPath type: unclassified
Burnley Road Eastbridleway · 61 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 61 mPath type: secondary
Peers Clough Roadbridleway · 157 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 157 mPath type: residential
Pinch Clough Roadbridleway · 7 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 7 mPath type: unclassified
