🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 278m 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
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 278m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🛝Playground
Best for
10 activities
🍄
Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Phacidium lauri, Wood Speedwell Rust, Neoerysiphe nevoi +47 more · last seen 2026; Fungi — Phacidium lauri, Wood Speedwell Rust, Neoerysiphe nevoi +47 more · last seen 2026
Varies
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Birds — Goldfinch, Jackdaw, Robin +41 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Goldfinch, Jackdaw, Robin +41 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Goldfinch, Jackdaw, Robin +41 more · last seen 2026
Free
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🎠
Playgrounds
Strong match
playground
Free
🛝
Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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4 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Newlands to Shotley BridgrWalking route2 km▾
Named routeLength 2 kmSurface unpaved
Old Railway FootpathWalking route2.2 km▾
Named routeLength 2.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Boundary WalkWalking route7.5 km▾
Named routeLength 7.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Red Kite TrailWalking route18 km▾
Named routeLength 18 kmRound tripLocal walking route
🚴
Cycling
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18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route243 m▾
Named routeRef 14Length 243 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route169 m▾
Named routeRef 14Length 169 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route2.6 km▾
Named routeRef 14Length 2.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route883 m▾
Named routeRef 14Length 883 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
🚵
Mountain biking
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1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
PowerlineMountain bike route4 km▾
Named routeLength 4 km
🐴
Horse riding
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6 public paths nearby
Public paths
The Black Pathbyway open to all traffic · 515 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 515 mPath type: track
Ennerdale & Langdale Terracebyway open to all traffic · 43 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 43 mPath type: residential
