🌞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
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🥾Walking trails
Best for
6 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: Burnley Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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4 signed routes nearby · 35 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Mary Towneley LoopWalking route▾
Forms part of Pennine Bridleway National Trail
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
Burnley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef BuWRegional walking route
Huncoat TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wilkinson Streetpublic footpath · 133 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 133 mPath type: service
Oak Streetpublic footpath · 35 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 35 mPath type: service
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Cycling
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53 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Route 604Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 604National Cycle Network
Huncoat GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 685Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 685National Cycle Network
🐴
Horse riding
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3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
