🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Woodpigeon
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Choc Stop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Woodpigeon
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Choc Stop — 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· Paid🛝Playground
Best for
10 activities
🦅
Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝
Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠
Playgrounds
Strong match
playground, café, parking
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Birds — Swift, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Tree Bumblebee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +32 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂
Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Cornflower, Himalayan Balsam +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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7 signed routes nearby · 29 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Mary Towneley LoopWalking route▾
Forms part of Pennine Bridleway National Trail
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
Bronte WayWalking route71 km▾
Named routeLength 71 kmRegional walking route
Pendle WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Burnley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef BuWRegional walking route
Healey Wood Roadpublic footpath · 109 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 109 mPath type: footway
Sefton Avenuepublic footpath · 30 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 30 mPath type: residential
Thorney Bank Streetpublic footpath · 19 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 19 mPath type: unclassified
🚴
Cycling
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54 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Route 604Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 604National Cycle Network
Route 685Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 685National Cycle Network
Sweet Clough GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Pendle Water BridlewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
🐴
Horse riding
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5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Chestnut Risebyway open to all traffic · 30 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 30 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Serpentine Roadbyway open to all traffic · 142 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 142 mSurface unpavedPath type: residential
Evans Streetbyway open to all traffic · 24 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 24 mPath type: residential
Clevelands Roadbyway open to all traffic · 82 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 82 mPath type: residential
Serpentine Roadbyway open to all traffic · 80 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 80 mSurface unpavedPath type: residential
