Getting here
53.69327, -2.20088
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕The Stables Cafe — 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
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕The Stables Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Best for
Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Wren, Wheatear +61 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Meadow Pipit, Wren, Wheatear +61 more · last seen 2025
Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Mild Milkcap, Dung Roundhead, Blackening Brittlegill +15 more · last seen 2015; Fungi — Mild Milkcap, Dung Roundhead, Blackening Brittlegill +15 more · last seen 2015
Playgrounds
Strong match
playground, café, parking
Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Foraging
Strong match
Plants — Blackthorn, Flowering Currant, Common Bistort +14 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶Walking
7 signed routes nearby · 30 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Walking
Mary Towneley LoopWalking route
Forms part of Pennine Bridleway National Trail
Irwell Sculpture TrailWalking route
Rochdale WayWalking 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.
Todmorden Centenary WayWalking route
Lodge Lanepublic footpath · 259 m
Anderson Closepublic footpath · 327 m
Bankside Lanepublic footpath · 128 m
🚴Cycling
22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycling
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route
Vos Stansfield Road - Cowpe RoadCycling route
Cycle routeCycling route
Route 92Cycling route
Britannia GreenwayCycling route
Whitworth GreenwayCycling route
🚵Mountain biking
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mountain biking
Lee Quarry Red RouteMountain bike route
Lee Quarry Black RouteMountain bike route
🐴Horse riding
12 public paths nearby
Public paths
Horse riding
Height Barn Lanebridleway · 156 m
Height Barn Lanebridleway · 28 m
Stubbylee Lanebridleway · 157 m
Stubbylee Lanebridleway · 66 m
Height Barn Lanebridleway · 27 m
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