Sillathwaite Wood - Conifer woodland
86 ha
Plan your visit
🌲Walks🐶Dogs🥾Hiking
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome86 ha
Getting here
54.49314, -3.46317
Open directionsv
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
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🐕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
🌲Forest walks
Very strong match
1 marked walking trail(s)
Free
🐶Dog walks
Very strong match
Dogs allowed — woodland with marked walking trails
Free
Marked walking trails totalling 16.0 km
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Coast to Coast Walk (St Bees to Shap)Walking route▾
Named routeRef C2CNational walking route
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Lakes & Dales LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LDLRegional cycle route
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route17 m▾
Named routeRef 7Length 17 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
Main RouteCycling route852 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 852 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.5 km▾
Named routeRef 7Length 3.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
12 public paths nearby
Public paths
High Winder Lanebridleway · 587 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 587 mPath type: bridleway
High Winder Lanebridleway · 102 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 102 mPath type: service
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Wildlife to spot
1,354 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,354 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2025▾
Meadow Pipit · Carrion Crow · Stonechat · Woodpigeon · Skylark +31
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2021
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2022▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Red Admiral · Peacock · Painted Lady · Small Tortoiseshell · Small White +3
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Spear Thistle · Creeping Buttercup · Common Mouse-ear · Hawthorn · Creeping Thistle +69
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,354 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2025▾
Meadow Pipit · Carrion Crow · Stonechat · Woodpigeon · Skylark +31
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2021
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2022▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Red Admiral · Peacock · Painted Lady · Small Tortoiseshell · Small White +3
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Spear Thistle · Creeping Buttercup · Common Mouse-ear · Hawthorn · Creeping Thistle +69
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
