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Dunnockshaw Community Woodland - Woodland

3 ha

📷 Robert Wade · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha

Getting here

53.74149, -2.23487

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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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Cycling

Named cycling route nearby: Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)

Varies

Hiking

Named hiking route nearby: Mary Towneley Loop

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 4 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
Todmorden Centenary WayWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Burnley WayWalking route
Named routeRef BuWRegional walking route
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Cycling

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Route 604Cycling route
Named routeRef 604National Cycle Network
Britannia GreenwayCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 685Cycling route
Named routeRef 685National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route799 m
Named routeRef 685Length 799 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Horse riding

6 public paths nearby

Public paths
Mary Towneley Loopbridleway · 777 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 777 mPath type: bridleway
Mary Townley Loop / Peninne Bridlewaybridleway · 514 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 514 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Mary Townley Loop / Peninne Bridlewaybridleway · 490 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 490 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Mary Townley Loop / Peninne Bridlewaybridleway · 491 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 491 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Dunnockshaw Community Woodland, Rossendale, Lancashire

📷 Robert Wade · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Dunnockshaw Community Woodland, Rossendale, Lancashire

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦TOWNELEY HALLHistoric site3.9 km→🌱Towneley ParkUrban park4.2 km→🌱Scott ParkUrban park4.6 km→✦SCOTT PARKHistoric site4.6 km→🌱Healy WoodUrban park4.3 km→🌱Healey Heights Recreation GroundUrban park4.4 km→

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