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✦ Historic site
Hardknott Roman fort, bath-house, parade ground and tribunal, 4 Roman roads, Roman quarries and 3 cairns
18 ha
Getting here
54.40329, -3.20318
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
28
2 named nearby · 26 public paths
Named routePublic access
🚴
Cycling
2
2 named nearby
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
3
3 public paths
Public access
Named routes and paths nearby
Cumbria Way · Walking118 km
Lakes & Dales Loop · Cycling0
Mickleden Valley Trail, Grasmere Great Langdale · Walking6.1 km
Eskdale TRail · Cycling0
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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Parking
2 nearby · Free · 138m
✓ 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
✦Roman road from Wrynose Bottom to Hardknott FordHistoric site2.1 km→✦Cairnfield including a prehistoric enclosure, 5 stone circles, 10 funerary cairns, 6 stone banks, 2 stone walls, a lynchet and a trackway on BurnmoorHistoric site4.7 km→✦Hardknott Roman FortHistoric site200 m→✦Prehistoric enclosure north of Little Pie, BurnmoorHistoric site3.4 km→✦Prehistoric enclosure, hut circle and adjacent cairnfield east of Whillan Beck, BurnmoorHistoric site3.6 km→✦Cairnfield including a funerary cairn, standing stone and three stone banks south of Eller How, BurnmoorHistoric site3.9 km→