Getting here
54.57013, -3.31538
Best for
3 activitiesHeritage
Free86%Historic site with public access
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Dog walks
Free72%Dogs allowed with public access
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
33
6 named nearby · 27 public paths
Named routePublic access
🚴
Cycling
7
7 named nearby
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
1
1 public path
Public access
Named routes and paths nearby
Lakes & Dales Loop · Cycling0
Lanthwaite Wood and Crummock Water Walk, North Lakes Outdoors · Walking6.4 km
Force Crag Mine Accessible Trail, North Lakes Outdoors · Walking3.7 km
Route C2C · Cycling0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
About this historic site
Scheduled Monument
Wildlife to spot
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦Force Crag mines and barytes mill and a prehistoric cairnfieldHistoric site4.9 km→✦Round cairn on GrasmoorHistoric site2.4 km→✦Romano-British enclosed hut circle settlement and associated annexe at Lanthwaite GreenHistoric site1.2 km→✦Shieling settlement close to the mouth of Scale BeckHistoric site2.7 km→⛪St Bartholomew's ChurchReligious grounds1.2 km→✦Round cairn 75m north east of summit of Carling KnottHistoric site3.3 km→