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Places › England › North West › Rossendale Getting here
53.70102, -2.17300
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Meadow Pipit, Wren +69 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Meadow Pipit, Wren +69 more · last seen 2025
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🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Mild Milkcap, Beechwood Sickener, Purple Stocking Webcap +14 more · last seen 2010; Fungi — Mild Milkcap, Beechwood Sickener, Purple Stocking Webcap +14 more · last seen 2010
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, daffodils +134 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, daffodils +134 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Flowering Currant, Raspberry, Dandelion +13 more foraging species
Varies
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 10 signed routes nearby · 49 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Mary Towneley Loop Walking route ▾
Forms part of Pennine Bridleway National Trail
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Irwell Sculpture Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Rochdale Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref Roch Regional walking route
Show on map Rossendale Way Walking 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 route Regional walking route
Show on map Todmorden Centenary Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Railgate public footpath · 473 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 473 m Surface asphalt Path type: unclassified
Show on map Railgate public footpath · 67 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 67 m Surface asphalt Path type: unclassified
Show on map 52 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 66 National Cycle Network
Show on map Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 91 Regional cycle route
Show on map Cycle route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 661 Local cycle route
Show on map Todmorden High School Safe Route to School Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 92 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 92 Regional cycle route
Show on map Britannia Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lee Quarry Red Route Mountain bike route ▾
Lee Quarry Black Route Mountain bike route ▾
Photos Clough by Lower Reaps Farm
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Wildlife to spot
1,409 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,409 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Carrion Crow · Canada Goose · Meadow Pipit · Wren · Skylark +37
Carrion Crow Corvus corone Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Magpie Pica pica Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2023 Curlew Numenius arquata Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2023 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2023 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2024 Goosander Mergus merganser2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2023 Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Raven Corvus corax Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Linnet Linaria cannabina Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2023 Anas platyrhynchos x Anas platyrhynchos x2023 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2022 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2020 Swift Apus apus2020 Rock Dove Columba livia2020 Great Tit Parus major2020 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2020 Redwing Turdus iliacus2020 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2020 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2019 🦌 Mammals 4 species
spring summer autumn winter
2024 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Rabbit
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2023 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2021 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2020 🐝 Insects 6 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Common Hawker · Tree Bumblebee · Western Honey Bee · Azure Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly +1
Common Hawker Aeshna juncea2020 Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2020 Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2023 Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2023 🌿 Plants 20 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Balsam · Fox-and-cubs · Black Medick · Flowering Currant +15
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2024 Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2021 Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca Black Medick Medicago lupulina Flowering Currant Ribes sanguineum Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,409 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Carrion Crow · Canada Goose · Meadow Pipit · Wren · Skylark +37
Carrion Crow Corvus corone Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Magpie Pica pica Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2023 Curlew Numenius arquata Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2023 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2023 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2024 Goosander Mergus merganser2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2023 Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Raven Corvus corax Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Linnet Linaria cannabina Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2023 Anas platyrhynchos x Anas platyrhynchos x2023 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2022 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2020 Swift Apus apus2020 Rock Dove Columba livia2020 Great Tit Parus major2020 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2020 Redwing Turdus iliacus2020 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2020 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2019 🦌 Mammals 4 species
spring summer autumn winter
2024 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Rabbit
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2023 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2021 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2020 🐝 Insects 6 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Common Hawker · Tree Bumblebee · Western Honey Bee · Azure Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly +1
Common Hawker Aeshna juncea2020 Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2020 Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2023 Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2023 🌿 Plants 20 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Balsam · Fox-and-cubs · Black Medick · Flowering Currant +15
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2024 Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2021 Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca Black Medick Medicago lupulina Flowering Currant Ribes sanguineum Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Brown Hawker
Brown Hawker
Aeshna grandis2020
Aeshna grandis2020
Soft-rush Juncus effusus2024
Soft-rush Juncus effusus2024
Tutsan Hypericum androsaemum2024
Tutsan Hypericum androsaemum2024
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata2024
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata2024
Red Campion Silene dioica2024
Red Campion Silene dioica2024
Bush Vetch Vicia sepium2024
Bush Vetch Vicia sepium2024
Dotted Loosestrife Lysimachia punctata2024
Dotted Loosestrife Lysimachia punctata2024
Rock Crane's-bill Geranium macrorrhizum2024
Rock Crane's-bill Geranium macrorrhizum2024
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense2024
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense2024
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris2023
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris2023
Bidens aurea Bidens aurea2023
Bidens aurea Bidens aurea2023
Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium officinale2023
Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium officinale2023
Rubus incurvatiformis Rubus incurvatiformis2021
Rubus incurvatiformis Rubus incurvatiformis2021
Rubus vestitus Rubus vestitus2021
Rubus vestitus Rubus vestitus2021
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus2021
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus2021 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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