🌞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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
Best for
6 activities
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🐄
Farm visits
Good match
Farm attraction nearby
Varies
🌲
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: Mary Towneley Loop
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Weak signal
Conifer plantation — limited but present wildlife
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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5 signed routes nearby · 3 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
Burnley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef BuWRegional walking route
🚴
Cycling
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33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Route 604Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 604National Cycle Network
Route 685Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 685National Cycle Network
Sweet Clough GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route22 m▾
Named routeRef 604Length 22 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
🚵
Mountain biking
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1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Yorkshire Dales)Mountain bike route172.2 km▾
Named routeLength 172.2 km
🐴
Horse riding
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7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Mary Towneley Loopbridleway · 777 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 777 mPath type: bridleway
Mary Towneley Loopbridleway · 3 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 3 mPath type: bridleway
Mary Towneley Loopbridleway · 336 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 336 mPath type: bridleway
Mary Towneley Loopbridleway · 385 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 385 mPath type: bridleway
