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Mitchell's House Reservoirs

22 ha

📷 Chris Heaton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome22 ha

Getting here

53.74362, -2.32000

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
🌿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 — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

8 activities

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, Chaffinch, Woodpigeon +69 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Woodpigeon +69 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Wall, Green Hairstreak, Tormentil Mining Bee +50 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Wall, Green Hairstreak, Tormentil Mining Bee +50 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Sneezewort, Heath Wood-rush, Himalayan Balsam +86 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Sneezewort, Heath Wood-rush, Himalayan Balsam +86 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Common Sorrel, Autumn Hawkbit, Hogweed +6 more foraging species

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 43 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

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

🚴

Cycling

44 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Hyndburn GreenwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Huncoat GreenwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 685Cycling route

Named routeRef 685National Cycle Network

🐴

Horse riding

16 public paths nearby

Public paths

Kings Highwaybridleway · 173 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 173 mPath type: bridleway

Kings Highwaybridleway · 132 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 132 mPath type: bridleway

Kings Highwaybridleway · 91 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 91 mPath type: bridleway

Kings Highwaybridleway · 13 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 13 mPath type: unclassified

Kings Highwaybridleway · 279 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 279 mPath type: unclassified

Wildlife to spot

1,916 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,916 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

springautumn

2025

Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Reed Bunting · Chaffinch +48

MagpiePica pica2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Great TitParus major2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
TealAnas crecca
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
SwiftApus apus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2023
Little OwlAthene noctua2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2021

🦌

Mammals3 species

spring

2023

Brown Hare · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2021
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2021

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springwinter

2025

Smooth Newt · Palmate Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2024

🐝

Insects22 species

winter

2024

Tormentil Mining Bee · German Wasp · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Tar-foot Griever · Platycheirus granditarsus +17

Tormentil Mining BeeAndrena tarsata
German WaspVespula germanica2022
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2021
Tar-foot GrieverDolerus picipes2021
Platycheirus granditarsusPlatycheirus granditarsus2021
Sallow Petiole-gallerEuura venusta

🌿

Plants6 species

summer

2026

Ash · Japanese Knotweed · Hogweed · Bilberry · Green Alkanet +1

AshFraxinus excelsior
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2021
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2024
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2023
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,916 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

springautumn

2025

Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Reed Bunting · Chaffinch +48

MagpiePica pica2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Great TitParus major2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
TealAnas crecca
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
SwiftApus apus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2023
Little OwlAthene noctua2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2021

🦌

Mammals3 species

spring

2023

Brown Hare · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2021
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2021

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springwinter

2025

Smooth Newt · Palmate Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2024

🐝

Insects22 species

winter

2024

Tormentil Mining Bee · German Wasp · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Tar-foot Griever · Platycheirus granditarsus +17

Tormentil Mining BeeAndrena tarsata
German WaspVespula germanica2022
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2021
Tar-foot GrieverDolerus picipes2021
Platycheirus granditarsusPlatycheirus granditarsus2021
Sallow Petiole-gallerEuura venusta

🌿

Plants6 species

summer

2026

Ash · Japanese Knotweed · Hogweed · Bilberry · Green Alkanet +1

AshFraxinus excelsior
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2021
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2024
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2023
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Chris Heaton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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