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Bowness Plantation - Broadleaved woodland

✦ Ancient woodland31 ha

📷 Trevor Harris · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome31 ha

Getting here

54.51370, -3.36632

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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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

9 activities

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Wildlife

Lowland fens priority habitat; Ancient woodland

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Bird watching

Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl

Free

Insect spotting

Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates

Free

Hiking

Named hiking route nearby: Coast to Coast Walk (St Bees to Shap)

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Coast to Coast Walk (St Bees to Shap)Walking route
Named routeRef C2CNational walking route
Buttermere to Rannerdale Walk, North Lakes OutdoorsWalking route4.8 km

This invigorating Lakeland ridge walk climbs from the Buttermere Valley up to the summit of Rannerdale Knotts, offering views over 3 lakes & high peaks. The scenic circular then returns via Crummock Water & Nether How woodland to the village of Buttermere

Named routeLength 4.8 kmDuration 02:00Round tripLocal walking route
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Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Lakes & Dales LoopCycling route
Named routeRef LDLRegional cycle route
Route 7Cycling route
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route16.6 km
Named routeRef 7Length 16.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km
Named routeRef 7Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route84 m
Named routeRef 7Length 84 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route17 m
Named routeRef 7Length 17 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Woodland on The Side

📷 Trevor Harris · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Woodland on The Side

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Gillerthwaite and Dodsgill Beck medieval settlements, associated field systems and cairnfields 790m ENE and 370m north-east of Low GillerthwaiteHistoric site3.1 km→✦Smithy Beck prehistoric cairnfield, charcoal burning sites, a bloomery and associated earthworks 1.97km WNW of Low GillerthwaiteHistoric site900 m→✦Woundell Beck medieval settlement, associated field system and cairnfield 890m west of Low GillerthwaiteHistoric site1.4 km→✦Monks Graves prehistoric cairn cemetery, cairnfields, field system, funerary cairns and a ring cairn on Stockdale MoorHistoric site4.7 km→✦Prehistoric cairnfield and a Romano-British farmstead and its associated field system 1.24 km ESE of Low GillerthwaiteHistoric site3.5 km→✦Smithy Beck settlement: Latterbarrow longhouse 860m north west of Low GillerthwaiteHistoric site1.8 km→

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