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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.14182, -3.15196
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Moorhen
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Moorhen
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Moorhen, Coot +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Mallard, Moorhen, Coot +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Painted Lady, Small White, Red Admiral +16 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Urban park — open green space
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Furness Haematite TrailWalking route▾
Industrial heritage walks across the Furness Peninsula
Named routeLocal walking route
Cumbria Coastal WayWalking route298 km▾
Named routeLength 298 kmRegional walking route
53 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
Bay Cycle WayCycling route132 km▾
Named routeRef 700Length 132 kmNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route4.1 km▾
Named routeRef 70Length 4.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route170 m▾
Named routeRef 700Length 170 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 70Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route73 m▾
Named routeRef 70Length 73 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Minor road towards Stainton with Adgarley
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
10,520 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,520 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull +16
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Melangyna compositarum/labiatarum
- Melangyna compositarum/labiatarumMelangyna compositarum/labiatarum
🌿Plants92 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Honeysuckle · Greater Plantain · Red Campion · Hazel · Hogweed +87
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- HazelCorylus avellana
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,520 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull +16
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Melangyna compositarum/labiatarum
- Melangyna compositarum/labiatarumMelangyna compositarum/labiatarum
🌿Plants92 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Honeysuckle · Greater Plantain · Red Campion · Hazel · Hogweed +87
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- HazelCorylus avellana
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cock's-foot
Cock's-foot
Dactylis glomerata
Dactylis glomerata
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusPolygonum avicularePolygonum avicularePolygonum avicularePolygonum aviculareSilverweedPotentilla anserinaSilverweedPotentilla anserinaGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumWych ElmUlmus glabraWych ElmUlmus glabraMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataBush VetchVicia sepiumBush VetchVicia sepiumPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumDryopteris filix-masDryopteris filix-masDryopteris filix-masDryopteris filix-masPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensAspenPopulus tremulaAspenPopulus tremulaAmphibious BistortPersicaria amphibiaAmphibious BistortPersicaria amphibiaPolypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgareDryopteris affinisDryopteris affinisDryopteris affinisDryopteris affinisRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaMarsh WoundwortStachys palustrisMarsh WoundwortStachys palustrisBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaSessile OakQuercus petraeaSessile OakQuercus petraeaMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesRowanSorbus aucupariaRowanSorbus aucupariaWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaSmall-leaved LimeTilia cordataSmall-leaved LimeTilia cordataShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumMalus sylvestrisMalus sylvestrisMalus sylvestrisMalus sylvestrisButterburPetasites hybridusButterburPetasites hybridusPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusHard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatumHard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumSun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopiaSun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopiaDewberryRubus caesiusDewberryRubus caesiusTufted VetchVicia craccaTufted VetchVicia craccaSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisHard RushJuncus inflexusHard RushJuncus inflexusRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumChenopodium albumChenopodium albumChenopodium albumChenopodium albumGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatusGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatusPhleum pratensePhleum pratensePhleum pratensePhleum pratenseGlaucous SedgeCarex flaccaGlaucous SedgeCarex flaccaWild StrawberryFragaria vescaWild StrawberryFragaria vescaShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus