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Places › England › North West › Rossendale Getting here
53.73002, -2.23339
Open directionsv 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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 444m away — 2 car parks within reach 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 444m away — 2 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Peregrine, Raven, Long-eared Owl +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Peregrine, Raven, Long-eared Owl +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +54 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Spanish Bluebell, Cuckooflower, Japanese Knotweed +26 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Spanish Bluebell, Cuckooflower, Japanese Knotweed +26 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Oyster Mushroom · last seen 2011; Fungi — Oyster Mushroom · last seen 2011
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 41 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 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 Burnley Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref BuW Regional walking route
Show on map Rossendale Way public footpath · 15 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 15 m Surface unpaved Incline up Path type: steps
Show on map Carr Road public footpath · 169 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 169 m Path type: unclassified
Show on map Rossendale Way public footpath · 941 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 941 m Surface unpaved Path type: bridleway
Show on map 10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 91 Regional cycle route
Show on map Vos Stansfield Road - Cowpe Road Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cycle route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 661 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 Whitworth 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 ▾
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Wildlife to spot
2,240 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,240 records · National Biodiversity Network Carrion Crow · Long-eared Owl · Barn Owl · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +40
Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Long-eared Owl Asio otus2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Raven Corvus corax2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2023 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus2023 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2022 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Garrulus glandarius rufitergum Garrulus glandarius rufitergum2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2023 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius2022 Hobby Falco subbuteo2021 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Weasel · Mole
Weasel Mustela nivalis Mole Talpa europaea2023 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Bumblebee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Common Green Grasshopper +17
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum Bumblebee Bombus2024 Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2023 Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus 🌿 Plants 16 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Wood Avens · Ribwort Plantain · Dotted Loosestrife · Horse-chestnut · Crested Dog's-tail +11
Wood Avens Geum urbanum Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata Dotted Loosestrife Lysimachia punctata2025 Horse-chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum2024 Crested Dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus2024 Zigzag Clover Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,240 records · National Biodiversity Network Carrion Crow · Long-eared Owl · Barn Owl · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +40
Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Long-eared Owl Asio otus2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Raven Corvus corax2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2023 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus2023 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2022 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Garrulus glandarius rufitergum Garrulus glandarius rufitergum2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2023 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius2022 Hobby Falco subbuteo2021 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Weasel · Mole
Weasel Mustela nivalis Mole Talpa europaea2023 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Bumblebee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Common Green Grasshopper +17
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum Bumblebee Bombus2024 Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2023 Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus 🌿 Plants 16 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Wood Avens · Ribwort Plantain · Dotted Loosestrife · Horse-chestnut · Crested Dog's-tail +11
Wood Avens Geum urbanum Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata Dotted Loosestrife Lysimachia punctata2025 Horse-chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum2024 Crested Dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus2024 Zigzag Clover Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Red Soldier Beetle
Common Red Soldier Beetle
Rhagonycha fulva2024
Rhagonycha fulva2024
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2023
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2023
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Blue Shieldbug Zicrona caerulea
Blue Shieldbug Zicrona caerulea
Eristalis horticola Eristalis horticola
Eristalis horticola Eristalis horticola
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Cantharis livida Cantharis livida
Cantharis livida Cantharis livida
Eristalis nemorum Eristalis nemorum
Eristalis nemorum Eristalis nemorum
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2023
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2023
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2023
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2023
Meadow Plant Bug Leptopterna dolabrata2023
Meadow Plant Bug Leptopterna dolabrata2023
Lagria hirta Lagria hirta2023
Lagria hirta Lagria hirta2023
Agapanthia villosoviridescens Agapanthia villosoviridescens2022
Agapanthia villosoviridescens Agapanthia villosoviridescens2022
Mining bee Andrena2021
Mining bee Andrena2021 Trifolium medium2023
Trifolium medium2023
Sneezewort Achillea ptarmica2023
Sneezewort Achillea ptarmica2023
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum2022
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum2022
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris2022
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris2022
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum2022
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum2022
Gorse Ulex europaeus2022
Gorse Ulex europaeus2022
Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris2022
Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris2022
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna2022
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna2022
Butterbur Petasites hybridus2022
Butterbur Petasites hybridus2022
Honesty Lunaria annua2022
Honesty Lunaria annua2022
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis2022
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis2022 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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