Getting here
54.51287, -3.45327
Best for
2 activitiesHeritage
Free76%Historic site
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
5
1 named nearby · 4 public paths
Named routePublic access
🚴
Cycling
26
26 named nearby
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
1
1 public path
Public access
Named routes and paths nearby
Hadrian's Cycleway · Cycling0
Lakes & Dales Loop · Cycling0
Coast to Coast Walk (St Bees to Shap) · Walking0
Route 7 · Cycling0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
About this historic site
Blakeley Raise Stone Circle is an ancient historic site covering 0 hectares. As an ancient woodland, it has been continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD — a rare and irreplaceable habitat rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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
🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds2 km→⛪St Paul's ChurchReligious grounds4 km→🌱Bighill Community Park (Millennium Green)Urban park4 km→✦Tongue How prehistoric stone hut circle settlements, field systems, funerary cairns, cemetery and cairnfield, Romano-British farmstead, shieling and lynchetsHistoric site4.5 km→⛪St Leonard's ChurchReligious grounds4.7 km→🌱Longland Lake Country ParkUrban park4.9 km→