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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 101m 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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 101m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Playground

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Lapwing, Wren +68 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Lapwing, Wren +68 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Black Darter, Common Hawker, Large Red Damselfly +89 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Black Darter, Common Hawker, Large Red Damselfly +89 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Prickly Heath, Cross-leaved Heath, Heather +122 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Prickly Heath, Cross-leaved Heath, Heather +122 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Bilberry, Mouse-ear-hawkweed, Hogweed +13 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

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

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Weavers WheelCycling route

Named routeRef WWLocal cycle route

Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route

Weavers Wheel - Spoke 2Cycling route

Named routeRef 2Local cycle route

N/ACycling route573 m

Named routeLength 573 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

4,614 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,614 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds23 species

summerautumn

2026

Red Grouse (scotica) · Kestrel · Buzzard · Swallow · Barn Owl +18

Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Barn OwlTyto alba
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumn

2025

Mole · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Fallow Deer

MoleTalpa europaea
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Fallow DeerDama dama

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2026

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects28 species

summer

2026

Black Darter · Common Hawker · Emerald Damselfly · Brown Hawker · Common Darter +23

Black DarterSympetrum danae2025
Common HawkerAeshna juncea2025
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Heather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctus2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
Symmorphus bifasciatusSymmorphus bifasciatus2025
Tormentil Mining BeeAndrena tarsata2025
Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica
Gwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolor
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2025
Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2025
Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025
Patchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularis2025

🌿

Plants19 species

summerautumn

2026

Cross-leaved Heath · Prickly Heath · Himalayan Balsam · Tutsan · Green Alkanet +14

Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2025
Prickly HeathGaultheria mucronata
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
CowberryVaccinium vitis-idaea
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
Marsh VioletViola palustris2025
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense2025
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2025
HonestyLunaria annua2025
Garden SpeedwellVeronica longifolia2025
BugleAjuga reptans2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,614 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds23 species

summerautumn

2026

Red Grouse (scotica) · Kestrel · Buzzard · Swallow · Barn Owl +18

Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Barn OwlTyto alba
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumn

2025

Mole · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Fallow Deer

MoleTalpa europaea
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Fallow DeerDama dama

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2026

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects28 species

summer

2026

Black Darter · Common Hawker · Emerald Damselfly · Brown Hawker · Common Darter +23

Black DarterSympetrum danae2025
Common HawkerAeshna juncea2025
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Heather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctus2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
Symmorphus bifasciatusSymmorphus bifasciatus2025
Tormentil Mining BeeAndrena tarsata2025
Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica
Gwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolor
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2025
Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2025
Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025
Patchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularis2025

🌿

Plants19 species

summerautumn

2026

Cross-leaved Heath · Prickly Heath · Himalayan Balsam · Tutsan · Green Alkanet +14

Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2025
Prickly HeathGaultheria mucronata
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
CowberryVaccinium vitis-idaea
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
Marsh VioletViola palustris2025
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense2025
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2025
HonestyLunaria annua2025
Garden SpeedwellVeronica longifolia2025
BugleAjuga reptans2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 philandju · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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