🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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
Best for
5 activities
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲
Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Warpers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tacklers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Full walk - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named 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
GM Ringway Stage 13Walking route18 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 13 - Bury to Bromley Cross
Named routeLength 18 kmRegional walking route
🚴
Cycling
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2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
N/ACycling route573 m▾
Named routeLength 573 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
