Oval Cairn at Gospel Hillocks, Cowdale
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌳Ancient
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
53.24035, -1.87221
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
7 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Dipper +52 more · last seen 2026
Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Dipper +52 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Rhingia campestris, Cercopis vulnerata, Scathophaga stercoraria +155 more · last seen 2025
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Early-purple Orchid, Cowslip, Globeflower +137 more · last seen 2026
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Limestone WayWalking route74 km▾
Castleton to Rocester
Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
High Peak TrailWalking route27 km▾
Named routeLength 27 kmRegional walking route
Manifold TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Dane Valley WayWalking route66 km▾
Buxton to Northwich
Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route
26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
High Peak CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Buxton Cycle Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Pennine Cycleway (on road alternative)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Buxton Cycle Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Buxton Cycle Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Buxton Cycle Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
High Peak TrailMountain bike route27 km▾
Named routeRef High Peak TrailLength 27 kmPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km▾
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network
Photos
21 photos from nearby open sources
Track near Lower Cumberland Farm
Photos
Track near Lower Cumberland Farm
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Limestone FernGymnocarpium robertianum2025Limestone FernGymnocarpium robertianum2025Hard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatum2025Hard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatum2025Bloody Crane's-billGeranium sanguineum2025Bloody Crane's-billGeranium sanguineum2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2025HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium2025Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium2025Water AvensGeum rivale2025Water AvensGeum rivale2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2025Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025CrosswortCruciata laevipes2025CrosswortCruciata laevipes2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024BugleAjuga reptans2024BugleAjuga reptans2024Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025Green SpleenwortAsplenium viride2025Green SpleenwortAsplenium viride2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa2024Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024SnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2025Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium2025Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium2025Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris2025Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris2025Biting StonecropSedum acre2025Biting StonecropSedum acre2025Brittle Bladder-fernCystopteris fragilis2025Brittle Bladder-fernCystopteris fragilis2025Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata2025Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2024Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2024FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2024FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Italian Rye-grassLolium multiflorum2024Italian Rye-grassLolium multiflorum2024Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2024Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2024Greater Burnet-saxifragePimpinella major2024Greater Burnet-saxifragePimpinella major2024Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2024Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2024Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustris2024Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustris2024Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2024Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2024Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2024Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024Field MadderSherardia arvensis2024Field MadderSherardia arvensis2024Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2024Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2024Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024TormentilPotentilla erecta2024TormentilPotentilla erecta2024Hairy Rock-cressArabis hirsuta2024Hairy Rock-cressArabis hirsuta2024Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2024Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2024Common VetchVicia sativa2024Common VetchVicia sativa2024Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2024Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2024Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2024Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2024BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2024BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2024Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites2024Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites2024NipplewortLapsana communis2023NipplewortLapsana communis2023Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium2025Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium2025HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2025BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina2025MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina2025Spring-sedgeCarex caryophyllea2025Spring-sedgeCarex caryophyllea2025PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata2025Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata2025HonestyLunaria annua2025HonestyLunaria annua2025YewTaxus baccata2025YewTaxus baccata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor2025Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor2025AgrimonyAgrimonia2024AgrimonyAgrimonia2024OsierSalix viminalis2024OsierSalix viminalis2024Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2024Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2024Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2024Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2024Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2024Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2024Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2024Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2024Musk-mallowMalva moschata2024Musk-mallowMalva moschata2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2024Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2024Musk ThistleCarduus nutans2024Musk ThistleCarduus nutans2024Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2024Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2024Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2024GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2024Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria2024Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria2024Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2024Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2024Californian HoneysuckleLonicera involucrata2024Californian HoneysuckleLonicera involucrata2024Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024Druce's Crane's-billGeranium endressii x versicolor = G. x oxonianum2024Druce's Crane's-billGeranium endressii x versicolor = G. x oxonianum2024AubretiaAubrieta deltoidea2024AubretiaAubrieta deltoidea2024Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2024Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2024Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024Saw-wortSerratula tinctoria2024Saw-wortSerratula tinctoria2024Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024FuchsiaFuchsia magellanica2024FuchsiaFuchsia magellanica2024Abraham-Isaac-JacobTrachystemon orientalis2024Abraham-Isaac-JacobTrachystemon orientalis2024White Dead-nettleLamium album2024White Dead-nettleLamium album2024Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2024Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2024Common BistortBistorta officinalis2024Common BistortBistorta officinalis2024Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2024Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2024Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera2024Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera2024Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2024Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2023Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2023Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2023Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2023TutsanHypericum androsaemum2023TutsanHypericum androsaemum2023SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2023SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2023Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2023Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2023YarrowAchillea millefolium2023YarrowAchillea millefolium2023Events & activities nearby
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