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Allerston High Moor

261 ha

📷 Mark Anderson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome261 ha

Getting here

54.33712, -0.62720

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌳Large woodland — room to roam

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Crossbill, Chaffinch, Siskin +38 more · last seen 2023; Birds — Crossbill, Chaffinch, Siskin +38 more · last seen 2023

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Green-veined White, Small Copper, Ringlet +111 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Green-veined White, Small Copper, Ringlet +111 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Chickweed Wintergreen, Cranberry, Yellow-wort +13 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Chickweed Wintergreen, Cranberry, Yellow-wort +13 more · last seen 2024

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Lyke Wake WalkWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Tabular Hills WalkWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
The Inn WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
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Mountain biking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Moors to SeaMountain bike route
Named route
Dalby Forest Back RouteMountain bike route
Named routeRegional cycle route
Dalby Forest Red RouteMountain bike route
Named routeRef Red
Dalby Forest Green RouteMountain bike route
Named routeRef Green

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Forestry Track near Thorn Hill Head

📷 Mark Anderson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Forestry Track near Thorn Hill Head

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Thompson's Rigg cairnfield, including a platform cairn, round burial cairns, hollow ways, a standing stone, associated round barrows and a ring cairnHistoric site2.3 km→🌱Adderstone FieldUrban park4.6 km→✦Prehistoric linear boundary in Dalby Forest, known as Dargate DikesHistoric site3.1 km→✦Prehistoric dyke known as Horcum DikeHistoric site4.6 km→✦Embanked pit alignments, linear earthworks, round barrows and cairns on Ebberston Low MoorHistoric site4.8 km→✦Malo Cross, 450m south east of Nab FarmHistoric site2.7 km→

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Red House Crosscliff

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