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Baitings Reservoir

55 ha

📷 Kevin Waterhouse · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome55 ha

Getting here

53.66576, -1.99076

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
  • 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

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

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Carrion Crow, Mallard, Meadow Pipit +76 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Mallard, Meadow Pipit +76 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Beech Woodwart, Physcia caesia, Leafy Brain +12 more · last seen 2013; Fungi — Beech Woodwart, Physcia caesia, Leafy Brain +12 more · last seen 2013

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Glittering Wood-moss, Fringed Bog-moss +109 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Glittering Wood-moss, Fringed Bog-moss +109 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Plectrocnemia conspersa, Polycentropus flavomaculatus, Rhyacophila dorsalis +37 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Plectrocnemia conspersa, Polycentropus flavomaculatus, Rhyacophila dorsalis +37 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Plants — Two-horned Pincerwort, Crowberry agg., Hogweed +2 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Mary Towneley LoopWalking route

Forms part of Pennine Bridleway National Trail

Named routeRegional walking route
Rochdale WayWalking route
Named routeRef RochRegional walking route
Todmorden Centenary WayWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Pennine Way (Warland Reservoir to Calder Valley)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
GM Ringway Stage 10Walking route18.2 km

GM Ringway Stage 10 - Newhey to Littleborough

Named routeLength 18.2 kmRegional walking route
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Cycling

19 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Route 66Cycling route
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.4 km
Named routeRef 68Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route625 m
Named routeRef 66Length 625 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route38 m
Named routeLength 38 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Baitings Reservoir in 1996

📷 Kevin Waterhouse · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Baitings Reservoir in 1996

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Ripponden (or Waterloo) BridgeHistoric site3.5 km→💧Booth Wood ReservoirReservoir3.2 km→✦Meg Dike late prehistoric enclosed settlementHistoric site4.5 km→💧Booth Wood ReservoirReservoir3.2 km→💧Withens Clough ReservoirReservoir4.9 km→💧Ryburn ReservoirReservoir1.4 km→

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