🌞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
🅿️Commercial Pub Carpark 310m away — 4 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
🅿️Commercial Pub Carpark 310m away — 4 car parks within reach
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free
Best for
7 activities
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲
Forest walks
Good match
Public woodland
Free
🥾
Hiking
Good match
Named hiking route nearby: Rossendale Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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5 signed routes nearby · 45 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
Dean Lanepublic footpath · 760 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 760 mPath type: unclassified
Rossendale Waypublic footpath · 15 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 15 mSurface unpavedIncline upPath type: steps
Rossendale Waypublic footpath · 152 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 152 mSurface unpavedPath type: bridleway
🚴
Cycling
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9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Vos Stansfield Road - Cowpe RoadCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 661Local cycle route
Route 92Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 92Regional cycle route
Britannia GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Whitworth GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
🚵
Mountain biking
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1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Lee Quarry Red RouteMountain bike route▾
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
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5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Mary Townley Loop / Peninne Bridlewaybridleway · 9 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 9 mPath type: bridleway
Mary Townley Loop / Peninne Bridlewaybridleway · 519 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 519 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Mary Townley Loop / Peninne Bridlewaybridleway · 316 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 316 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Mary Townley Loop / Peninne Bridlewaybridleway · 4 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 4 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Mary Townley Loop / Peninne Bridlewaybridleway · 367 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 367 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
