Plan your visit
HeritageWildlife
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
54.50422, -3.41394
Best for
2 activitiesHeritage
Free76%Historic site
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶Walking
v1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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vWalking
Coast to Coast Walk (St Bees to Shap)Walking route▾
Named routeRef C2CNational walking route
🚴Cycling
v9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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vCycling
Lakes & Dales LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LDLRegional cycle route
Route 7Cycling route▾
NCN 7 Workington link
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route3.5 km▾
Named routeRef 7Length 3.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route16.6 km▾
Named routeRef 7Length 16.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route418 m▾
Named routeRef 7Length 418 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 7Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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
Free 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
⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds3.3 km→✦Smithy Beck prehistoric cairnfield, charcoal burning sites, a bloomery and associated earthworks 1.97km WNW of Low GillerthwaiteHistoric site4 km→✦Woundell Beck medieval settlement, associated field system and cairnfield 890m west of Low GillerthwaiteHistoric site4.6 km→✦Town Bank prehistoric stone hut circle settlements, field systems, funerary cairns, ring cairn and cairnfieldHistoric site3.4 km→✦Tongue How prehistoric stone hut circle settlements, field systems, funerary cairns, cemetery and cairnfield, Romano-British farmstead, shieling and lynchetsHistoric site3.6 km→✦Monk's Bridge 320m south east of FarthwaiteHistoric site3.5 km→