Getting here
54.52227, -3.34272
Best for
2 activitiesHeritage
Free76%Historic site
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
5
5 named nearby
Named route
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Cycling
3
3 named nearby
Named route
Named routes and paths nearby
Pillar Trail from Wasdale Head, North Lakes Outdoors · Walking12 km
Lakes & Dales Loop · Cycling0
Lanthwaite Wood and Crummock Water Walk, North Lakes Outdoors · Walking6.4 km
Coast to Coast Walk (St Bees to Shap) · Walking0
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
Free 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
✦Gillerthwaite and Dodsgill Beck medieval settlements, associated field systems and cairnfields 790m ENE and 370m north-east of Low GillerthwaiteHistoric site1.7 km→✦Woundell Beck medieval settlement, associated field system and cairnfield 890m west of Low GillerthwaiteHistoric site900 m→✦Shieling settlement close to the mouth of Scale BeckHistoric site3.6 km→✦Smithy Beck prehistoric cairnfield, charcoal burning sites, a bloomery and associated earthworks 1.97km WNW of Low GillerthwaiteHistoric site1.1 km→✦Smithy Beck settlement: Latterbarrow longhouse 860m north west of Low GillerthwaiteHistoric site300 m→✦Prehistoric cairnfield 1.0km ESE of Low GillerthwaiteHistoric site2 km→