🌞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
🛝Playground 140m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ 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
🛝Playground 140m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🛝Playground
Best for
7 activities
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🎠
Playgrounds
Strong match
playground
Free
🛝
Family friendly
Good match
playground
Free
🌲
Forest walks
Good match
Public woodland
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
🚲
Cycling
Good match
Named cycling route nearby: Route 92
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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11 signed routes nearby · 16 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
Rochdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef RochRegional 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
GM Ringway Stage 12Walking route21.1 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 12 - Norden to Bury
Named routeLength 21.1 kmRegional walking route
Moss Side Streetpublic footpath · 19 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 19 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Land Gatepublic footpath · 306 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 306 mPath type: service
Freeholds Roadpublic footpath · 34 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 34 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
🚴
Cycling
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76 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 661Local cycle route
Todmorden High School Safe Route to SchoolCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 92Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 92Regional cycle route
Britannia GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Mountain biking
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3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km▾
