🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Wren
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕The Stables Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Wren
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕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
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
Best for
11 activities
🦅
Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Wren, Wheatear +61 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝
Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Wren, Wheatear +61 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🎠
Playgrounds
Strong match
playground, café, parking
Free
🍄
Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Mild Milkcap, Dung Roundhead, Blackening Brittlegill +15 more · last seen 2015
Varies
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Hawker, Peacock, Red Admiral +46 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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8 signed routes nearby · 35 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
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
GM Ringway Stage 12Walking route21.1 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 12 - Norden to Bury
Named routeLength 21.1 kmRegional walking route
Lodge Lanepublic footpath · 259 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 259 mPath type: residential
Anderson Closepublic footpath · 327 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 327 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
🚴
Cycling
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22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Vos Stansfield Road - Cowpe RoadCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 661Local cycle route
Route 92Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 92Regional cycle route
Britannia GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Whitworth GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Mountain biking
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2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lee Quarry Red RouteMountain bike route▾
Named route
Lee Quarry Black RouteMountain bike route▾
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
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13 public paths nearby
Public paths
Height Barn Lanebridleway · 156 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 156 mSurface pavedPath type: residential
Height Barn Lanebridleway · 28 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 28 mPath type: residential
Stubbylee Lanebridleway · 157 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 157 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Stubbylee Lanebridleway · 66 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 66 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Height Barn Lanebridleway · 27 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 27 mPath type: residential
