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54.12228, -2.56904
Open directionsv ✦ Scheduled Ancient Monument — Nationally protected archaeological site on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). Scheduled monuments represent the best surviving examples of England's irreplaceable archaeological heritage.
Coal mine scheduled monument
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Blackbird ✦ 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
🐦 78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Blackbird ✦ 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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Blackbird, Great Tit +75 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Jackdaw, Blackbird, Great Tit +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Meadow Brown, Small Tortoiseshell +97 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Green-veined White, Meadow Brown, Small Tortoiseshell +97 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Foxglove, Yellow-rattle, Meadow Vetchling +29 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Foxglove, Yellow-rattle, Meadow Vetchling +29 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Raspberry, Meadowsweet, Hawthorn
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Bentham Heritage Trail A Walking route 2 km ▾
Named route Length 2 km Local walking route
Show on map Lune Valley Ramble Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Bentham Heritage Trail C Walking route 9 km ▾
Named route Length 9 km Local walking route
Show on map Bentham Heritage Trail B Walking route 5 km ▾
Named route Length 5 km Local walking route
Show on map 24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 90 Regional cycle route
Show on map National Byway Trans-Pennine Spur Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 69 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 69 National Cycle Network
Show on map Way of the Roses Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref WoR National Cycle Network
Show on map Bentham Bike Loop Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cumbria Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos Clintsfield Colliery Engine House ruins (2)
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Wildlife to spot
6,710 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 6,710 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
spring winter
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Rook · Jackdaw · Mute Swan · Moorhen +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Rook Corvus frugilegus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Carrion Crow Corvus corone Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Magpie Pica pica Coal Tit Periparus ater Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2022 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Robin Erithacus rubecula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Great Tit Parus major Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Redwing Turdus iliacus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blackbird Turdus merula Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2024 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2024 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2023 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2022 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2022 🦌 Mammals 3 species
summer winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Otter
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2023 Otter Lutra lutra2022 Green-veined White · Meadow Brown · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Ringlet · Common Carder Bee +15
Green-veined White Pieris napi Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae 🌿 Plants 18 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Yellow-rattle · Foxglove · Raspberry · Meadowsweet · Field Horsetail +13
Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor Foxglove Digitalis purpurea Raspberry Rubus idaeus2023 Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense Pignut Conopodium majus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 6,710 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
spring winter
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Rook · Jackdaw · Mute Swan · Moorhen +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Rook Corvus frugilegus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Carrion Crow Corvus corone Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Magpie Pica pica Coal Tit Periparus ater Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2022 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Robin Erithacus rubecula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Great Tit Parus major Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Redwing Turdus iliacus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blackbird Turdus merula Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2024 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2024 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2023 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2022 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2022 🦌 Mammals 3 species
summer winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Otter
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2023 Otter Lutra lutra2022 Green-veined White · Meadow Brown · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Ringlet · Common Carder Bee +15
Green-veined White Pieris napi Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae 🌿 Plants 18 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Yellow-rattle · Foxglove · Raspberry · Meadowsweet · Field Horsetail +13
Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor Foxglove Digitalis purpurea Raspberry Rubus idaeus2023 Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense Pignut Conopodium majus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Small White Pieris rapae
Small White Pieris rapae
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2023
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2023
Bumblebee Bombus
Bumblebee Bombus
Large White Pieris brassicae2023
Large White Pieris brassicae2023
Trichocera annulata Trichocera annulata
Trichocera annulata Trichocera annulata
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Peacock Aglais io
Peacock Aglais io
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
Comma Polygonia c-album2023
Comma Polygonia c-album2023
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2023
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2023
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2022
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2022 Meadow Vetchling
Meadow Vetchling
Lathyrus pratensis
Lathyrus pratensis
Crosswort Cruciata laevipes
Crosswort Cruciata laevipes
Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara
Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Hedgerow Crane's-bill Geranium pyrenaicum2024
Hedgerow Crane's-bill Geranium pyrenaicum2024
Common Butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris2024
Common Butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris2024
Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica2024
Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica2024
Giant Bellflower Campanula latifolia2023
Giant Bellflower Campanula latifolia2023
Black Bryony Tamus communis2023
Black Bryony Tamus communis2023
Common Valerian Valeriana officinalis2023
Common Valerian Valeriana officinalis2023
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis2023
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis2023
Hop Humulus lupulus2022
Hop Humulus lupulus2022 