This site has the remains of an old castle and is next to a wooded area. Rawtenstall A popular picnic site and riverside terrace fashioned out of the local Haslingden flagstone incorporating a Visitor Information Centre. This picnic site lies to the east of the Roddlesworth Reservoir and the Tockholes mixed wood plantation and is a popular starting point for the Roddlesworth Nature Trail. This site is on the banks of the River Wyre and offers extremely pleasant walks through lowland country to pretty villages such as Scorton and Dophinholme. For a longer walk, one can follow the Wyre off to Abbeystead nestling in a valley surrounded by the Bowland Fells.
Riverside walks, visitor information and car parking.
Good access to the Wyre Estuary, especially for bird watching. A secluded picnic site situated on the edge of a scenic open glade within the Roddlesworth woodland plantation. This site provides a good base for walking on to Pendle Hill. Short walks are also available into the historical town of Whalley where one can visit the ancient Abbey or by walking the Woodland Nature Trail around the picnic site. There are trails laid out within the quarry, one of, which is suitable for wheelchairs.