Woodland near Cribden Side 2 ha
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Places › England › North West › Rossendale Getting here
53.73767, -2.31377
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcomeDogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Rossendale Way
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 32 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Mary Towneley Loop Walking route ▾
Forms part of Pennine Bridleway National Trail
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Irwell Sculpture Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Rossendale Way Walking 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 route Regional walking route
Show on map Burnley Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref BuW Regional walking route
Show on map Huncoat Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Goodshaw Lane public footpath · 33 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 33 m Path type: unclassified
Show on map Goodshaw Lane public footpath · 422 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 422 m Path type: unclassified
Show on map 38 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 6 National Cycle Network
Show on map Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 91 Regional cycle route
Show on map Huncoat Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Vos Stansfield Road - Cowpe Road Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Britannia Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 510 m ▾
Named route Ref 6 Length 510 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Photos Step wall stile on path to Higher Withins Farm
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Wildlife to spot
3,113 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,113 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 52 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Meadow Pipit · Carrion Crow · Reed Bunting +47
Magpie Pica pica2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Curlew Numenius arquata2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Swift Apus apus2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus2024 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater Barn Owl Tyto alba Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Teal Anas crecca2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Common Gull Larus canus2024 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia2023 Little Owl Athene noctua2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis2021 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer autumn
2023 ▾
Hedgehog · Brown Hare
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2021 Brown Hare Lepus europaeus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Tormentil Mining Bee · Green Drake · Common Red Soldier Beetle
Tormentil Mining Bee Andrena tarsata Green Drake Ephemera danica Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2023 🌿 Plants 26 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Hawthorn · Ash · Devil's-bit Scabious · Japanese Knotweed · Pedunculate Oak +21
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025 Ash Fraxinus excelsior Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis2024 Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2021 Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur2025 Yarrow Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,113 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 52 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Meadow Pipit · Carrion Crow · Reed Bunting +47
Magpie Pica pica2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Curlew Numenius arquata2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Swift Apus apus2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus2024 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater Barn Owl Tyto alba Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Teal Anas crecca2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Common Gull Larus canus2024 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia2023 Little Owl Athene noctua2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis2021 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer autumn
2023 ▾
Hedgehog · Brown Hare
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2021 Brown Hare Lepus europaeus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Tormentil Mining Bee · Green Drake · Common Red Soldier Beetle
Tormentil Mining Bee Andrena tarsata Green Drake Ephemera danica Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2023 🌿 Plants 26 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Hawthorn · Ash · Devil's-bit Scabious · Japanese Knotweed · Pedunculate Oak +21
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025 Ash Fraxinus excelsior Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis2024 Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2021 Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur2025 Yarrow Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Achillea millefolium2025
Achillea millefolium2025
Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus2025
Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus2025
Welsh Poppy Papaver cambricum2025
Welsh Poppy Papaver cambricum2025
Heather Calluna vulgaris2023
Heather Calluna vulgaris2023
Water Forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides2023
Water Forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides2023
Great Horsetail Equisetum telmateia2023
Great Horsetail Equisetum telmateia2023
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2023
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2023
Marsh Woundwort Stachys palustris2023
Marsh Woundwort Stachys palustris2023
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2023
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2023
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2023
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2023
Norway Maple Acer platanoides2023
Norway Maple Acer platanoides2023
Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium2023
Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium2023
Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca2023
Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca2023
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2023
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2023
Greater Plantain Plantago major2023
Greater Plantain Plantago major2023
Wood Avens Geum urbanum2023
Wood Avens Geum urbanum2023
Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria2023
Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria2023
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris2023
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris2023
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium2023
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium2023
Wood Horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum2022
Wood Horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum2022
Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis2021
Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis2021 