Broadleaved woodland near Rising Bridge 1 ha
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53.72852, -2.32501
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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 🅿️ Parking 107m away — 8 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 107m away — 8 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcomeDogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
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Named hiking route nearby: Rossendale Way
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 34 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 Northfield Road public footpath · 194 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 194 m Path type: residential
Show on map Goodshaw Lane public footpath · 422 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 422 m Path type: unclassified
Show on map Underbank Road public footpath · 63 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 63 m Path type: residential
Show on map 48 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 Hyndburn Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local 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 Blackburn Rd/Manchester Rd ACL Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Large layby and roundabout ahead on the A56 trunk road near Rising Bridge
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Wildlife to spot
2,819 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,819 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 56 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Carrion Crow · Skylark · Magpie · Jackdaw · Lapwing +51
Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis Magpie Pica pica2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Curlew Numenius arquata Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Swift Apus apus2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus2024 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2024 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 Numenius phaeopus phaeopus Numenius phaeopus phaeopus Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 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 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2022 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2022 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2022 Whitethroat Curruca communis2021 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Common Pipistrelle · Brown Hare
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2023 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2025 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 7 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Tormentil Mining Bee · Early Bumblebee · Hairy Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird +2
Tormentil Mining Bee Andrena tarsata Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata German Wasp Vespula germanica2022 🌿 Plants 3 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Japanese Knotweed · Ash · Perennial Rye-grass
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2021 Ash Fraxinus excelsior Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne2022 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,819 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 56 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Carrion Crow · Skylark · Magpie · Jackdaw · Lapwing +51
Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis Magpie Pica pica2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Curlew Numenius arquata Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Swift Apus apus2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus2024 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2024 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 Numenius phaeopus phaeopus Numenius phaeopus phaeopus Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 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 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2022 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2022 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2022 Whitethroat Curruca communis2021 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Common Pipistrelle · Brown Hare
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2023 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2025 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 7 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Tormentil Mining Bee · Early Bumblebee · Hairy Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird +2
Tormentil Mining Bee Andrena tarsata Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata German Wasp Vespula germanica2022 🌿 Plants 3 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Japanese Knotweed · Ash · Perennial Rye-grass
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2021 Ash Fraxinus excelsior Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne2022 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2021
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2021 