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Blacklyne Common

427 ha

📷 David Liddle · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Free entryDogs welcome427 ha

Getting here

55.13539, -2.67421

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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; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch, Robin +35 more · last seen 2023; Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Flexuous Bog-moss, Ciliated Fringewort, Red-stemmed Feather-moss +71 more · last seen 2011; Plants — Flexuous Bog-moss, Ciliated Fringewort, Red-stemmed Feather-moss +71 more · last seen 2011

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Green-veined White, Common Heath, Bordered White +23 more · last seen 2018; Insects — Green-veined White, Common Heath, Bordered White +23 more · last seen 2018

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Reivers' RouteCycling route
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Main RouteCycling route2.1 km
Named routeRef 10Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Blacklyne Common

📷 David Liddle · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Blacklyne Common

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦White Lyne round cairn 60m NNW of confluence of Gate Grain and White LyneHistoric site1.9 km→✦Two medieval shielings on south bank of White Lyne 230m north east of confluence with little Hare GrainHistoric site2 km→✦Four medieval shielings on south bank of White Lyne overlooking confluence with Little Hare GrainHistoric site2.1 km→✦Ten medieval shielings on north bank of White Lyne overlooking confluence with Little Hare GrainHistoric site2.1 km→✦Medieval shieling on south bank of White Lyne 130m WSW of confluence with Little Hare GrainHistoric site2.1 km→✦Medieval shieling on south bank of White Lyne 230m WSW of confluence with Little Hare GrainHistoric site2.1 km→

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