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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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 265m 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

10 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +51 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +51 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Common Green Grasshopper, 7-spot Ladybird, Large White +58 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Green Grasshopper, 7-spot Ladybird, Large White +58 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Bilberry, Rowan, Heather +77 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Bilberry, Rowan, Heather +77 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Plants — Bilberry, Rowan, Flowering Currant +9 more foraging species

Varies

Playgrounds

playground

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby · 42 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
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
Todmorden Centenary WayWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Pennine Way (Warland Reservoir to Calder Valley)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
Frieldhurst Roadpublic footpath · 61 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 61 mPath type: unclassified
Frieldhurst Roadpublic footpath · 13 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 13 mPath type: unclassified
Woodbine Terracepublic footpath · 58 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 58 mPath type: residential
🚴

Cycling

53 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Cycle routeCycling route
Named routeRef 661Local cycle route
Todmorden High School Safe Route to SchoolCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 92Cycling route
Named routeRef 92Regional cycle route
Britannia GreenwayCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Mountain biking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Yorkshire Dales)Mountain bike route172.2 km
Named routeLength 172.2 km
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network
Lee Quarry Red RouteMountain bike route
Named route
🐴

Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths
Pudsey Roadbridleway · 172 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 172 mSurface compactedPath type: unclassified
Dundee Roadbridleway · 100 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 100 mPath type: residential
Pudsey Roadbridleway · 108 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 108 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified

Wildlife to spot

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Cornholme - Vale Baptist Church yard

Cornholme - Vale Baptist Church yard

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