Getting here
54.53153, -2.67523
Best for
3 activitiesDog walks
Free72%Dogs allowed with public access
Hiking
Free72%Named hiking route nearby: Coast to Coast Walk (St Bees to Shap)
Heritage
Free55%Religious grounds — local heritage
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
11
2 named nearby · 9 public paths
Named routePublic access
Named routes and paths nearby
Coast to Coast Walk (Shap to Richmond) · Walking0
Coast to Coast Walk (St Bees to Shap) · Walking0
Wandsworth Gardens · public footpath
About this religious grounds
St Michael's Church is a religious grounds.
Wildlife to spot
Photos
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
Facilities
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Café
Birchwood Cafe · 201m
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Campsite
270m away
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Parking
5 nearby · Free · 192m
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Toilets
277m away
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
🌱Shap Memorial ParkUrban park300 m→⚽Memorial ParkPlaying field300 m→✦Shap Stone AlignmentHistoric site600 m→✦Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishpondsHistoric site1.6 km→✦Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap AbbeyHistoric site2.1 km→✦Bowl barrow on Iron HillHistoric site3.3 km→