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Links Battery

✦ Ancient woodland0 ha

Getting here

58.95026, -3.30048

Best for

2 activities

Heritage

Free76%

Historic site

Wildlife

Free75%

Ancient woodland

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Cycling

1

1 named nearby

Named route

Named routes and paths nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 9 · Cycling0

About this historic site

Links Battery is an ancient historic site covering 0 hectares. As an ancient woodland, it has been continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD — a rare and irreplaceable habitat rich in biodiversity and historical character.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Gun emplacement, Ness Battery

Gun emplacement, Ness Battery

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🌱 Visiting this spring

  • 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
  • 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
  • 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

Facilities

Campsite

394m away

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Parking

3 nearby · 409m

✦ Ancient🐶 Dogs

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

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