Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Dogs welcome
Getting here
54.66609, -3.23952
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦16+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦16+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Coal Tit +13 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Coal Tit +13 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Meadowsweet, Enchanter's-nightshade, Deodar +163 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Dor Beetle · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cumbria WayWalking route118 km▾
Named routeLength 118 kmRegional walking route
Seat How Summit TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Allerdale RambleWalking route▾
Dodd Summit TrailWalking route4.8 km▾
Named routeLength 4.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Skill Beck TrailWalking route2.5 km▾
Named routeLength 2.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 38Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 38Regional cycle route
Lakes & Dales LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LDLRegional cycle route
Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
Route C2CCycling route▾
C2C off-road sections - no longer NCN
Named routeRef C2CRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route20.4 km▾
Named routeRef 10Length 20.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Altura North TrailMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
7,655 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,655 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Nuthatch · Chaffinch · Coal Tit +11
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Roe Deer · Badger · Red Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2025
Dor Beetle
- Dor BeetleGeotrupes stercorarius
Dog's Mercury · Rowan · Ash · Coltsfoot · Herb-Robert +161
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,655 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Nuthatch · Chaffinch · Coal Tit +11
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Roe Deer · Badger · Red Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2025
Dor Beetle
- Dor BeetleGeotrupes stercorarius
Dog's Mercury · Rowan · Ash · Coltsfoot · Herb-Robert +161
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
