☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 212m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 212m away — 4 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
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Blanket bog priority habitat
Free
🌲
Forest walks
Good match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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5 signed routes nearby · 43 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
Burnley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef BuWRegional walking route
Huncoat TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Goodshaw Lanepublic footpath · 422 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 422 mPath type: unclassified
Northfield Roadpublic footpath · 194 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 194 mPath type: residential
Goodshaw Lanepublic footpath · 33 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 33 mPath type: unclassified
