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Cowpen Cemetery

📷 Graham Robson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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55.12981, -1.52917

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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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground 288m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground 288m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePicnic spotPlaygroundToilets

Best for

13 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Picnic day out

Very strong match

picnic area, toilets, car park

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Shelduck, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull +91 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Shelduck, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull +91 more · last seen 2025

Free

Family friendly

Very strong match

playground, toilets, picnic area

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, toilets, parking

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Orange Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +48 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Orange Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +48 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

King Charles III England Coast Path: South Bents to AmbleWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

The Angel's WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

61 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Valley lineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

East lineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Nelson lineCycling route

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Coast lineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Horton lineCycling route

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Northburn lineCycling route

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Wildlife to spot

16,039 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,039 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

autumnwinter

2025

Black-headed Gull · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove +62

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Rock DoveColumba livia
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great TitParus major
MagpiePica pica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RedshankTringa totanus
Common GullLarus canus
CurlewNumenius arquata
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
TealAnas crecca
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
EiderSomateria mollissima
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
DunnockPrunella modularis
DunlinCalidris alpina
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GoosanderMergus merganser
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
RedwingTurdus iliacus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Common GuillemotUria aalge
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis

🐝

Insects16 species

summer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Eyed Ladybird +11

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025

🌿

Plants18 species

summer

2025

Honeysuckle · Swedish Whitebeam · Mugwort · Yellow-wort · Harebell +13

HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Swedish WhitebeamSorbus intermedia
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum var. maritimum
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
FennelFoeniculum vulgare
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Sea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoides
Common RestharrowOnonis repens
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Sea PlantainPlantago maritima
WeldReseda luteola

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,039 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

autumnwinter

2025

Black-headed Gull · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove +62

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Rock DoveColumba livia
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great TitParus major
MagpiePica pica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RedshankTringa totanus
Common GullLarus canus
CurlewNumenius arquata
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
TealAnas crecca
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
EiderSomateria mollissima
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
DunnockPrunella modularis
DunlinCalidris alpina
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GoosanderMergus merganser
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
RedwingTurdus iliacus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Common GuillemotUria aalge
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis

🐝

Insects16 species

summer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Eyed Ladybird +11

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025

🌿

Plants18 species

summer

2025

Honeysuckle · Swedish Whitebeam · Mugwort · Yellow-wort · Harebell +13

HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Swedish WhitebeamSorbus intermedia
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum var. maritimum
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
FennelFoeniculum vulgare
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Sea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoides
Common RestharrowOnonis repens
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Sea PlantainPlantago maritima
WeldReseda luteola

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Graham Robson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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