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Cow Field

20 ha

📷 John Holmes · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome20 ha

Getting here

54.49491, -3.49474

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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
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Moorhen +74 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Moorhen +74 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Peacock +5 more · last seen 2022; Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Peacock +5 more · last seen 2022

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Coast to Coast Walk (St Bees to Shap)Walking route
Named routeRef C2CNational walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitehaven to SilecroftWalking route
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
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Cycling

31 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

Wildlife to spot

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Cow Field

📷 John Holmes · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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🏞️LONGLAND LAKECountry park2.1 km→🌱Egremont CastleUrban park2.8 km→✦Tongue How prehistoric stone hut circle settlements, field systems, funerary cairns, cemetery and cairnfield, Romano-British farmstead, shieling and lynchetsHistoric site4.5 km→🌱Longland Lake Country ParkUrban park2.1 km→⛪St Paul's ChurchReligious grounds4.9 km→⛪St Leonard's ChurchReligious grounds2.3 km→

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