Broadleaved woodland near Trawden
✦ Ancient woodland8 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
53.82915, -2.12128
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 43 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Mary Towneley LoopWalking route▾
Forms part of Pennine Bridleway National Trail
Named routeRegional walking route
Bronte WayWalking route71 km▾
Named routeLength 71 kmRegional walking route
Calder Aire LinkWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Pennine Way (Calder Valley to Ickornshaw)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Pendle WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Route 68Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route144 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 144 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route124 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 124 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route10.7 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 10.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Calder Aire LinkMountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Yorkshire Dales)Mountain bike route172.2 km▾
Named routeLength 172.2 km
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
1,839 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,839 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummer
2025▾
Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Mallard · Willow Warbler +42
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MagpiePica pica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SwiftApus apus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RavenCorvus corax
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Alder Leaf Beetle
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Hare's-tail Cottongrass · Bilberry · Mat-grass · Heather · Wavy Hair-Grass +16
- Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- Mat-grassNardus stricta
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
- Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,839 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummer
2025▾
Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Mallard · Willow Warbler +42
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MagpiePica pica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SwiftApus apus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RavenCorvus corax
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Alder Leaf Beetle
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Hare's-tail Cottongrass · Bilberry · Mat-grass · Heather · Wavy Hair-Grass +16
- Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- Mat-grassNardus stricta
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
- Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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