Getting here
54.32708, -0.69547
Best for
3 activitiesHeritage
Free86%Historic site with public access
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Dog walks
Free72%Dogs allowed with public access
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
18
3 named nearby · 15 public paths
Named routePublic access
🚵
Mountain biking
4
4 named nearby
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
7
7 public paths
Public access
Named routes and paths nearby
Lyke Wake Walk · Walking0
Moors to Sea · Mountain bike0
Tabular Hills Walk · Walking0
The Inn Way · Walking0
Old Wife's Way · bridleway
About this historic site
Scheduled Monument
Wildlife to spot
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
- 🐦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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Campsite
424m away
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦Extensive prehistoric and medieval remains on Levisham MoorHistoric site2 km→✦Thompson's Rigg cairnfield, including a platform cairn, round burial cairns, hollow ways, a standing stone, associated round barrows and a ring cairnHistoric site3.2 km→🌱Adderstone FieldUrban park4.7 km→✦Prehistoric field system, medieval rabbit warren and post-medieval mining test pits on Rhumbard SnoutHistoric site3.6 km→✦Three medieval pillow mounds 900m north of Grove HouseHistoric site3.2 km→💧Staindale LakeReservoir4.2 km→