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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Blackbird
🎳Bowling greens is at its best in summer here
☕Choc Stop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Blackbird
🎳Bowling greens is at its best in summer here
☕Choc Stop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

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🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParkingPlayground

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11 activities

Bowling greens

Very strong match

Bowling green

Paid

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Swift, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +69 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swift, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +69 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, café, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, café

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Cornflower, Himalayan Balsam +58 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Cornflower, Himalayan Balsam +58 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 28 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

Bronte WayWalking route71 km

Named routeLength 71 kmRegional walking route

Pendle WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Burnley WayWalking route

Named routeRef BuWRegional walking route

Healey Wood Roadpublic footpath · 109 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 109 mPath type: footway

Sefton Avenuepublic footpath · 30 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 30 mPath type: residential

Thorney Bank Streetpublic footpath · 19 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 19 mPath type: unclassified

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Cycling

54 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 604Cycling route

Named routeRef 604National Cycle Network

Route 685Cycling route

Named routeRef 685National Cycle Network

Sweet Clough GreenwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Pendle Water BridlewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

7 public paths nearby

Public paths

Chestnut Risebyway open to all traffic · 30 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 30 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Serpentine Roadbyway open to all traffic · 142 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 142 mSurface unpavedPath type: residential

Evans Streetbyway open to all traffic · 24 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 24 mPath type: residential

Clevelands Roadbyway open to all traffic · 82 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 82 mPath type: residential

Evans Streetbyway open to all traffic · 79 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 79 mPath type: residential

Wildlife to spot

13,267 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,267 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds75 species

winter

2025

Swift · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Goldfinch +70

SwiftApus apus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
Rock DoveColumba livia
GreenfinchChloris chloris
JackdawColoeus monedula
SwallowHirundo rustica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Coal TitPeriparus ater
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
BuzzardButeo buteo
Barn OwlTyto alba
Common GullLarus canus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
CootFulica atra
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
JayGarrulus glandarius
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
SiskinSpinus spinus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Haematopus ostralegus ostralegusHaematopus ostralegus ostralegus2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2023
Mergus merganser merganserMergus merganser merganser2022
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022

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Mammals9 species

springsummerautumn

2024

Bat · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Otter +4

BatChiroptera2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
OtterLutra lutra2022
MoleTalpa europaea
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
StoatMustela erminea2023

🐝

Insects36 species

summer

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · Tree Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Green Shieldbug +31

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2023
Helophilus trivittatusHelophilus trivittatus2025
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2025
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Perlodes mortoniPerlodes mortoni2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024
Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus2024
Patchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularis2024
Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa2023
AncistrocerusAncistrocerus2023
Phaonia rufiventrisPhaonia rufiventris2023
Tachina feraTachina fera2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2023
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2023
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2022
Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2022

🌿

Plants61 species

summer

2026

Cornflower · Ribwort Plantain · Himalayan Balsam · Lesser Trefoil · Winter-cress +56

CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2024
HollyIlex aquifolium2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia
Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2025
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025
White PoplarPopulus alba2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
Orange BalsamImpatiens capensis2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2024
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
Sweet-WilliamDianthus barbatus2024
HazelCorylus avellana2024
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2024
AshFraxinus excelsior2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
Sweet PeaLathyrus odoratus2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
Field MapleAcer campestre2024
BeechFagus sylvatica2024
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024
Common BistortBistorta officinalis2024
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2024
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2024
RamsonsAllium ursinum2024
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum2024
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024
FennelFoeniculum vulgare2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis2023
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2023
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2023
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023
Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus2023
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2023
Iris reticulataIris reticulata2023
Golden CrocusCrocus chrysanthus2023
IvyHedera helix2023
ElderSambucus nigra2022
WeldReseda luteola2022
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2022
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022
FirethornPyracantha coccinea2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,267 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds75 species

winter

2025

Swift · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Goldfinch +70

SwiftApus apus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
Rock DoveColumba livia
GreenfinchChloris chloris
JackdawColoeus monedula
SwallowHirundo rustica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Coal TitPeriparus ater
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
BuzzardButeo buteo
Barn OwlTyto alba
Common GullLarus canus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
CootFulica atra
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
JayGarrulus glandarius
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
SiskinSpinus spinus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Haematopus ostralegus ostralegusHaematopus ostralegus ostralegus2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2023
Mergus merganser merganserMergus merganser merganser2022
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022

🦌

Mammals9 species

springsummerautumn

2024

Bat · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Otter +4

BatChiroptera2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
OtterLutra lutra2022
MoleTalpa europaea
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
StoatMustela erminea2023

🐝

Insects36 species

summer

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · Tree Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Green Shieldbug +31

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2023
Helophilus trivittatusHelophilus trivittatus2025
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2025
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Perlodes mortoniPerlodes mortoni2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024
Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus2024
Patchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularis2024
Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa2023
AncistrocerusAncistrocerus2023
Phaonia rufiventrisPhaonia rufiventris2023
Tachina feraTachina fera2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2023
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2023
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2022
Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2022

🌿

Plants61 species

summer

2026

Cornflower · Ribwort Plantain · Himalayan Balsam · Lesser Trefoil · Winter-cress +56

CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2024
HollyIlex aquifolium2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia
Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2025
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025
White PoplarPopulus alba2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
Orange BalsamImpatiens capensis2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2024
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
Sweet-WilliamDianthus barbatus2024
HazelCorylus avellana2024
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2024
AshFraxinus excelsior2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
Sweet PeaLathyrus odoratus2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
Field MapleAcer campestre2024
BeechFagus sylvatica2024
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024
Common BistortBistorta officinalis2024
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2024
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2024
RamsonsAllium ursinum2024
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum2024
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024
FennelFoeniculum vulgare2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis2023
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2023
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2023
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023
Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus2023
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2023
Iris reticulataIris reticulata2023
Golden CrocusCrocus chrysanthus2023
IvyHedera helix2023
ElderSambucus nigra2022
WeldReseda luteola2022
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2022
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022
FirethornPyracantha coccinea2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Chris Tomlinson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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