🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 246m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 246m away — 6 car parks within reach
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking
Best for
4 activities
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🌲
Forest walks
Good match
Public woodland
Free
🚲
Cycling
Good match
Named cycling route nearby: Route 92
Varies
🦉
Wildlife
Weak signal
Conifer plantation — limited but present wildlife
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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9 signed routes nearby · 18 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
Longacres Drivepublic footpath · 183 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 183 mPath type: residential
Kiln Bank Lanepublic footpath · 197 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 197 mPath type: track
High Barn Lanepublic footpath · 478 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 478 mPath type: track
🚴
Cycling
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82 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
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
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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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5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Back Cowm Lanebridleway · 933 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 933 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Longacres Lanebridleway · 86 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 86 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
