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St James' Church

📷 Rod Allday · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 144m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 144m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +60 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +60 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Green Shieldbug, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +81 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Green Shieldbug, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +81 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, American Skunk-cabbage, Wood Avens +134 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, American Skunk-cabbage, Wood Avens +134 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Ramsons, Hazel, Elder +22 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Warpers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Reelers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Tacklers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Full walk - Witton Weavers WayWalking route

Named 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

🚴

Cycling

32 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Weavers WheelCycling route

Named routeRef WWLocal cycle route

Weavers Wheel - Spoke 3Cycling route

Named routeRef 3Local cycle route

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Weavers Wheel - Spoke 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1Local cycle route

Weavers Wheel - Spoke 2Cycling route

Named routeRef 2Local cycle route

Main RouteCycling route10 m

Named routeRef 6Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

4,088 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,088 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds24 species

springautumnwinter

2025

Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Jackdaw +19

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
JackdawColoeus monedula
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common GullLarus canus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
DipperCinclus cinclus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
House MartinDelichon urbicum
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Canada GooseBranta canadensis

🦌

Mammals2 species

springsummer

2025

Roe Deer · Mole

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MoleTalpa europaea

🐝

Insects28 species

springsummer

2026

Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Clarke's Mining Bee · Tree Bumblebee · Early Bumblebee +23

Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
Fig GallTetraneura (Tetraneura) ulmi2025
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2025
Painted Mining BeeAndrena fucata2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Gwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolor
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2025
Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2025
Patchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularis2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Large Yellow-face BeeHylaeus signatus2025
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2025
Red WaspVespula rufa2025
Fork-tailed Flower BeeAnthophora furcata2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025

🌿

Plants77 species

spring

2026

Wood Avens · Himalayan Balsam · Cow Parsley · American Skunk-cabbage · Daisy +72

Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus
DaisyBellis perennis2025
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus2025
Rubus dasyphyllusRubus dasyphyllus2025
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025
Common BistortBistorta officinalis2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
Grey AlderAlnus incana2025
AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
HazelCorylus avellana
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
BuckwheatFagopyrum esculentum2025
Melancholy ThistleCirsium heterophyllum2025
CowslipPrimula veris2025
Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata2025
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2025
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
Summer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivum2025
Rock Crane's-billGeranium macrorrhizum2025
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025
Tuberous ComfreySymphytum tuberosum2025
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa2025
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
IvyHedera helix2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2025
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025
Downy BirchBetula pubescens2025
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025
Red FescueFestuca rubra2025
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2025
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2025
RaspberryRubus idaeus2025
Water MintMentha aquatica2025
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025
Rubus tuberculatusRubus tuberculatus2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,088 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds24 species

springautumnwinter

2025

Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Jackdaw +19

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
JackdawColoeus monedula
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common GullLarus canus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
DipperCinclus cinclus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
House MartinDelichon urbicum
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Canada GooseBranta canadensis

🦌

Mammals2 species

springsummer

2025

Roe Deer · Mole

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MoleTalpa europaea

🐝

Insects28 species

springsummer

2026

Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Clarke's Mining Bee · Tree Bumblebee · Early Bumblebee +23

Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
Fig GallTetraneura (Tetraneura) ulmi2025
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2025
Painted Mining BeeAndrena fucata2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Gwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolor
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2025
Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2025
Patchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularis2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Large Yellow-face BeeHylaeus signatus2025
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2025
Red WaspVespula rufa2025
Fork-tailed Flower BeeAnthophora furcata2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025

🌿

Plants77 species

spring

2026

Wood Avens · Himalayan Balsam · Cow Parsley · American Skunk-cabbage · Daisy +72

Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus
DaisyBellis perennis2025
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus2025
Rubus dasyphyllusRubus dasyphyllus2025
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025
Common BistortBistorta officinalis2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
Grey AlderAlnus incana2025
AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
HazelCorylus avellana
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
BuckwheatFagopyrum esculentum2025
Melancholy ThistleCirsium heterophyllum2025
CowslipPrimula veris2025
Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata2025
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2025
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
Summer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivum2025
Rock Crane's-billGeranium macrorrhizum2025
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025
Tuberous ComfreySymphytum tuberosum2025
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa2025
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
IvyHedera helix2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2025
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025
Downy BirchBetula pubescens2025
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025
Red FescueFestuca rubra2025
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2025
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2025
RaspberryRubus idaeus2025
Water MintMentha aquatica2025
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025
Rubus tuberculatusRubus tuberculatus2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Rod Allday · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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