🌞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 338m 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 338m away — 6 car parks within reach
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking
Best for
6 activities
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
🌲
Forest walks
Good match
Public woodland
Free
🚲
Cycling
Good match
Named cycling route nearby: Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)
Varies
🥾
Hiking
Good match
Named hiking route nearby: Rossendale Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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2 signed routes nearby · 70 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
St. Crispin Waypublic footpath · 14 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 14 mPath type: unclassified
Underbank Roadpublic footpath · 142 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 142 mSurface unpavedPath type: footway
Underbank Roadpublic footpath · 128 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 128 mSurface unpavedPath type: footway
🚴
Cycling
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48 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Blackburn Rd/Manchester Rd ACLCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Britannia GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route510 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 510 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route343 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 343 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
