🌞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
🅿️Parking 197m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
🅿️Parking 197m away — 2 car parks within reach
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking
Best for
6 activities
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats
Free
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲
Forest walks
Good match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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3 signed routes nearby · 44 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
Beaumaris Closepublic footpath · 26 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 26 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Cambrian Waypublic footpath · 114 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 114 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Park Avenuepublic footpath · 8 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 8 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
🚴
Cycling
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47 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
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
Britannia GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route510 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 510 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
🐴
Horse riding
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6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Holme Lanebridleway · 137 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 137 mPath type: unclassified
