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🦅Birds🌳Ancient🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
54.05452, -2.79650
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 284m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 284m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
Best for
8 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Mudflats — internationally important for wading birds and wildfowl; Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Magpie +63 more · last seen 2026
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Magpie +63 more · last seen 2026; Mudflats priority habitat
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis tenax, 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus +71 more · last seen 2026
Grade II* listed building: SKERTON BRIDGE; Historic site
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Great Willowherb, Meadowsweet, Ivy-leaved Toadflax +158 more · last seen 2026
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Lune Valley RambleWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Lancashire Coastal WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 220kmRegional walking route
85 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route
City LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
University Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Ridge Lanebridleway · 22 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 22 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Keswick Roadbridleway · 172 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 172 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Keswick Roadbridleway · 21 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 21 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Keswick Roadbridleway · 83 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 83 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
The River Lune at Skerton Bridge
Photos
The River Lune at Skerton Bridge
Facilities
🅿️Parking
Kingsway Car Park · Paid · 135m
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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MoleTalpa europaeaMoleTalpa europaeaOtterLutra lutra2025OtterLutra lutra2025Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025Palomena prasina2025
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axyridis form succinea2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Harmonia axyridis form conspicuaHarmonia axyridis form conspicua2025Harmonia axyridis form conspicuaHarmonia axyridis form conspicua2025Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulvaTawny Mining BeeAndrena fulvaSitona obsoletusSitona obsoletusSitona obsoletusSitona obsoletusTrioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Neophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatus2025Neophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatus2025Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025Aedes caspiusAedes caspius2025Aedes caspiusAedes caspius2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Evacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptus2025Evacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptus2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2025Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2025Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2025Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2025Nicrophorus investigatorNicrophorus investigator2025Nicrophorus investigatorNicrophorus investigator2025MelanostomaMelanostoma2025MelanostomaMelanostoma2025Black DarterSympetrum danae2025Black DarterSympetrum danae2025Tipula scriptaTipula scripta2025Tipula scriptaTipula scripta2025Saucer BugIlyocoris cimicoides2025Saucer BugIlyocoris cimicoides2025Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2025Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2025Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Physocephala rufipesPhysocephala rufipes2025Physocephala rufipesPhysocephala rufipes2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Conomelus ancepsConomelus anceps2025Conomelus ancepsConomelus anceps2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2025Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2025Common Orange LegionnaireBeris vallata2025Common Orange LegionnaireBeris vallata2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Helophilus hybridusHelophilus hybridus2025Helophilus hybridusHelophilus hybridus2025CheilosiaCheilosia2025CheilosiaCheilosia2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus20252025
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Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaNipplewortLapsana communis2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025Flowering-rushButomus umbellatus2025Flowering-rushButomus umbellatus2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumTaxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccataCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumTutsanHypericum androsaemumTutsanHypericum androsaemumHogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025TimothyPhleum pratense2025TimothyPhleum pratense2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2025Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2025ButterburPetasites hybridusButterburPetasites hybridusPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataFringecupsTellima grandifloraFringecupsTellima grandifloraPortugal LaurelPrunus lusitanicaPortugal LaurelPrunus lusitanicaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaRhododendronRhododendron ponticumRhododendronRhododendron ponticumSpotted-laurelAucuba japonicaSpotted-laurelAucuba japonicaElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisIvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025RaspberryRubus idaeus2025RaspberryRubus idaeus2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineumFlowering CurrantRibes sanguineumLungwortPulmonaria officinalisLungwortPulmonaria officinalisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformisSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformisRamsonsAllium ursinumRamsonsAllium ursinumWelsh PoppyPapaver cambricumWelsh PoppyPapaver cambricumFodder BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicumFodder BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicumCowslipPrimula verisCowslipPrimula verisWinter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicusWinter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicusSea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoidesSea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoidesEvergreen OakQuercus ilexEvergreen OakQuercus ilexYellow CorydalisPseudofumaria luteaYellow CorydalisPseudofumaria luteaLove-in-a-mistNigella damascenaLove-in-a-mistNigella damascenaSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusWinter JasmineJasminum nudiflorumWinter JasmineJasminum nudiflorumGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisTrailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyanaTrailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyanaLawson CypressCupressus lawsoniana2025Lawson CypressCupressus lawsoniana2025Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2025Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2025Butcher's-broomRuscus aculeatus2025Butcher's-broomRuscus aculeatus2025Arum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicum2025Arum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicum2025Rock Crane's-billGeranium macrorrhizum2025Rock Crane's-billGeranium macrorrhizum2025Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2025Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025Wild CherryPrunus avium2025Wild CherryPrunus avium2025Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2025Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2025Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus2025Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus2025SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2025Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Kaffir LilySchizostylis coccinea2025Kaffir LilySchizostylis coccinea2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025BulrushTypha latifolia2025BulrushTypha latifolia2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025PotatoSolanum tuberosum2025PotatoSolanum tuberosum2025AppleMalus domestica2025AppleMalus domestica2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2025Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2025Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2025Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2025Greater SpearwortRanunculus lingua2025Greater SpearwortRanunculus lingua2025Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025SoapwortSaponaria officinalis2025SoapwortSaponaria officinalis2025Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2025Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025False-acaciaRobinia pseudoacacia2025False-acaciaRobinia pseudoacacia2025BalmMelissa officinalis2025BalmMelissa officinalis2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Common BroomrapeOrobanche minor2025Common BroomrapeOrobanche minor2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2025Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2025Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025CrosswortCruciata laevipes2025CrosswortCruciata laevipes2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Highclere HollyIlex aquifolium x perado = I. x altaclerensis2025Highclere HollyIlex aquifolium x perado = I. x altaclerensis2025Austrian PinePinus nigra2025Austrian PinePinus nigra2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2025Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2025Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2025Copper BeechFagus sylvatica group 'Atropurpurea'2025Copper BeechFagus sylvatica group 'Atropurpurea'2025Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Events & activities nearby
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