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Hollingworth Lake Country Park

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PicnicWildlifeBirds

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

53.63093, -2.09586

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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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· PaidPicnic spotToilets

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10 activities

Picnic day out

Very strong match

picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull +48 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull +48 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Hemp-agrimony, Ivy-leaved Crowfoot, Alder +12 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Hemp-agrimony, Ivy-leaved Crowfoot, Alder +12 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Mary Towneley LoopWalking route

Forms part of Pennine Bridleway National Trail

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

Todmorden Centenary WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

GM Ringway Stage 10Walking route18.2 km

GM Ringway Stage 10 - Newhey to Littleborough

Named routeLength 18.2 kmRegional walking route

Heald Lanepublic footpath · 48 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 48 mSurface asphaltPath type: track

Heald Lanepublic footpath · 5 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 5 mSurface asphaltPath type: track

🚴

Cycling

139 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 66Cycling route

Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network

Route 92Cycling route

Named routeRef 92Regional cycle route

Whitworth GreenwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route230 m

Named routeRef 66Length 230 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route60 m

Named routeRef 66Length 60 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route19 m

Named routeRef 92Length 19 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km

Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network

🐴

Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

Syke Roadbridleway · 845 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 845 mPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

29,332 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

29,332 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Jackdaw +46

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Great TitParus major2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
TealAnas crecca2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterspring

2026

Mole · Roe Deer

MoleTalpa europaea
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2026

Common Frog · Smooth Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects8 species

summer

2026

Red-tailed Bumblebee · Eristalis tenax · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · River Skater · Ruddy Darter +3

Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
River SkaterAquarius najas
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2025

🌿

Plants15 species

summer

2026

Hemp-agrimony · Ivy-leaved Crowfoot · Alder · Marsh-marigold · Dandelion +10

Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025
Ivy-leaved CrowfootRanunculus hederaceus
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
DandelionTaraxacum
Slender RushJuncus tenuis2025
Skullcap

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

29,332 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Jackdaw +46

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Great TitParus major2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
TealAnas crecca2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterspring

2026

Mole · Roe Deer

MoleTalpa europaea
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2026

Common Frog · Smooth Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects8 species

summer

2026

Red-tailed Bumblebee · Eristalis tenax · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · River Skater · Ruddy Darter +3

Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
River SkaterAquarius najas
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2025

🌿

Plants15 species

summer

2026

Hemp-agrimony · Ivy-leaved Crowfoot · Alder · Marsh-marigold · Dandelion +10

Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025
Ivy-leaved CrowfootRanunculus hederaceus
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
DandelionTaraxacum
Slender RushJuncus tenuis2025
Skullcap

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 michael ely · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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