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Barrow Hills

23 ha

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome23 ha

Getting here

53.41975, -0.97947

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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
🐕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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Lapwing, Mallard, Mute Swan +98 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Lapwing, Mallard, Mute Swan +98 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Creeping Feather-moss, Variable-leaved Crestwort, Forked Veilwort +47 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Creeping Feather-moss, Variable-leaved Crestwort, Forked Veilwort +47 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Long-winged Cone-head, Banded Demoiselle +18 more · last seen 2024; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Long-winged Cone-head, Banded Demoiselle +18 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 public paths nearby

Public paths

Pinfold Lanepublic footpath · 225 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 225 mSurface unpavedPath type: residential

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Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Pasture Lanerestricted byway · 728 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 728 mPath type: track

Middle Cross Lanerestricted byway · 666 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 666 mPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

6,926 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,926 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds69 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Grey Heron · Gadwall · Lapwing · Mallard +64

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos2025
Little StintCalidris minuta2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2025

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Plants3 species

summerautumn

2025

Himalayan Balsam · Creeping Feather-moss · Common Stork's-bill

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,926 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds69 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Grey Heron · Gadwall · Lapwing · Mallard +64

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos2025
Little StintCalidris minuta2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2025

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Plants3 species

summerautumn

2025

Himalayan Balsam · Creeping Feather-moss · Common Stork's-bill

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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