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✦ Historic site
Goldscope copper and lead mines and remains of associated dressing floors, stamp mill, dressing mill, reservoir and leats
8 ha
Getting here
54.55533, -3.19881
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
21 named nearby · 7 public paths
Named routePublic access
🚴
Cycling
3
3 named nearby
Named route
🚵
Mountain biking
1
1 named nearby
Named route
Named routes and paths nearby
Route 7 · Cycling0
Coast to Coast Walk (St Bees to Shap) · Walking0
Peace How Walk From High Brandelhow Jetty, North Lakes Outdoors · Walking3 km
Octavia Hill walk at Brandelhow Park, Derwent Water, North Lakes Outdoors · Walking5.8 km
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
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
✓ 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
🌱NewlandsUrban park3 km→🌱NewlandsUrban park3 km→✦Force Crag mines and barytes mill and a prehistoric cairnfieldHistoric site4.2 km→✦Dale Head copper mine dressing floors and associated buildings 400m north of Dale HeadHistoric site2.8 km→✦Dale Head copper mine 300m north east of Dale HeadHistoric site2.9 km→✦Slight univallate hillfort on Castle CragHistoric site3.5 km→