Gardens at Graythwaite Hall 8 ha
Plan your visit
🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🦋 Insects
Dogs welcome 8 ha
Getting here
54.31299, -2.96877
Open directionsv ✦ Grade II* Registered Park and Garden — Particularly important historic designed landscape on the National Heritage List for England, of more than special interest.
English country house Grade II* listed park and garden
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Black-headed Gull ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Black-headed Gull ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Black-headed Gull, Swallow +68 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Black-headed Gull, Swallow +68 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Lepidostoma hirtum, Peacock, Green-veined White +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Nuttall's Waterweed, Water Earwort +90 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 18 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Dales Way Walking route 129 km ▾
Named route Length 129 km Regional walking route
Show on map Bogle Crag Trail (long) Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Beatrix Potter's Moss Eccles Tarn Walk, Hill Top Walking route 4 km ▾
Gentle walk to 1 of Beatrix Potter's favourite places, Moss Eccles Tarn. This is where the children's author spent time painting & is a great introduction to the place included in her books. Short steep sections. Muddy in wet weather. Potential livestock
Named route Length 4 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Ash Landing and Claife Heights Windermere Walk, Claife Viewing Station Walking route 12 km ▾
An elevated walk along Windermere's undeveloped western side. Dramatic viewing point at Low Blind How, where a gap in the wall leads to a crag with views of the lake, islands & Troutbeck fells. Some steep slopes, but once on the Heights its generally flat
Named route Length 12 km Duration 04:00-05:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Fell Foot Park Short Loop, Fell Foot Walking route 800 m ▾
An accessible, stile and step free circular route around the Fell Foot parkland, taking in Windermere lakeshore with views across the lake to Fairfield Horseshoe.
Named route Length 800 m Duration 00:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 6 National Cycle Network
Show on map Lakes & Dales Loop Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref LDL Regional cycle route
Show on map West Windermere Way (Cycle Route) Cycling route ▾
Named route Lhn
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 328 m ▾
Named route Ref 6 Length 328 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 66 m ▾
Named route Ref 6 Length 66 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 409 m ▾
Named route Ref 6 Length 409 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Silurian Way Mountain bike route ▾
Moor Top Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Hawkshead Moor Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Goosey Foot Tarn Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Round trip
Show on map The North Face Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Grizedale Tarn Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Weather for this location Next 14 days Nearby places Useful places within 5 km
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Wildlife to spot
2,258 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,258 records · National Biodiversity Network Swallow · Cormorant · Mallard · Blue Tit · Pheasant +35
Swallow Hirundo rustica Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus House Martin Delichon urbicum Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2023 Great Tit Parus major Goosander Mergus merganser Mute Swan Cygnus olor Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator2024 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Raven Corvus corax2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2024 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2023 Swift Apus apus2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2023 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2022 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2022 🦌 Mammals 5 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2022 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2023 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2022 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2022 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2023 ▾
Common Toad
Apatania wallengreni · Hazel Leaf-roller · 7-spot Ladybird · Chrysotoxum arcuatum · Large Red Damselfly +15
Apatania wallengreni Apatania wallengreni2022 Hazel Leaf-roller Apoderus coryli 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Chrysotoxum arcuatum Chrysotoxum arcuatum Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Sericomyia lappona Sericomyia lappona Common Yellow-sedge · Common Ragwort · Wall Speedwell · Broad Buckler-fern · Toad Rush +68
Common Yellow-sedge Carex demissa Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris Wall Speedwell Veronica arvensis Broad Buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata Toad Rush Juncus bufonius Beech Fern Phegopteris connectilis Apple Malus domestica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,258 records · National Biodiversity Network Swallow · Cormorant · Mallard · Blue Tit · Pheasant +35
Swallow Hirundo rustica Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus House Martin Delichon urbicum Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2023 Great Tit Parus major Goosander Mergus merganser Mute Swan Cygnus olor Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator2024 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Raven Corvus corax2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2024 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2023 Swift Apus apus2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2023 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2022 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2022 🦌 Mammals 5 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2022 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2023 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2022 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2022 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2023 ▾
Common Toad
Apatania wallengreni · Hazel Leaf-roller · 7-spot Ladybird · Chrysotoxum arcuatum · Large Red Damselfly +15
Apatania wallengreni Apatania wallengreni2022 Hazel Leaf-roller Apoderus coryli 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Chrysotoxum arcuatum Chrysotoxum arcuatum Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Sericomyia lappona Sericomyia lappona Common Yellow-sedge · Common Ragwort · Wall Speedwell · Broad Buckler-fern · Toad Rush +68
Common Yellow-sedge Carex demissa Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris Wall Speedwell Veronica arvensis Broad Buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata Toad Rush Juncus bufonius Beech Fern Phegopteris connectilis Apple Malus domestica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Angler's Curse
Angler's Curse
Caenis luctuosa2024
Caenis luctuosa2024
Siphonoperla torrentium Siphonoperla torrentium2024
Siphonoperla torrentium Siphonoperla torrentium2024
Oxyethira flavicornis Oxyethira flavicornis2024
Oxyethira flavicornis Oxyethira flavicornis2024
Caenis horaria Caenis horaria2024
Caenis horaria Caenis horaria2024
Oecetis testacea Oecetis testacea2024
Oecetis testacea Oecetis testacea2024
Mystacides longicornis Mystacides longicornis2024
Mystacides longicornis Mystacides longicornis2024
Caenis robusta Caenis robusta2024
Caenis robusta Caenis robusta2024
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2023
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2023
Herina frondescentiae Herina frondescentiae2023
Herina frondescentiae Herina frondescentiae2023
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea2023
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea2023
Ecdyonurus insignis Ecdyonurus insignis2023
Ecdyonurus insignis Ecdyonurus insignis2023
Hydropsyche siltalai Hydropsyche siltalai2022
Hydropsyche siltalai Hydropsyche siltalai2022
Agapetus fuscipes Agapetus fuscipes2022
Agapetus fuscipes Agapetus fuscipes2022
Polycentropus flavomaculatus Polycentropus flavomaculatus2022
Polycentropus flavomaculatus Polycentropus flavomaculatus2022
Green-ribbed Sedge Carex binervis
Green-ribbed Sedge Carex binervis
Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix
Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix
Mat-grass Nardus stricta
Mat-grass Nardus stricta
Downy Birch Betula pubescens
Downy Birch Betula pubescens
Mouse-ear-hawkweed Pilosella officinarum
Mouse-ear-hawkweed Pilosella officinarum
Quaking-grass Briza media
Quaking-grass Briza media
Star Sedge Carex echinata
Star Sedge Carex echinata
Red Clover Trifolium pratense
Red Clover Trifolium pratense
Heather Calluna vulgaris
Heather Calluna vulgaris
Slender St John's-wort Hypericum pulchrum
Slender St John's-wort Hypericum pulchrum
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Water Mint Mentha aquatica
Water Mint Mentha aquatica
Hard-fern Blechnum spicant
Hard-fern Blechnum spicant
Bulbous Rush Juncus bulbosus
Bulbous Rush Juncus bulbosus
Smooth Lady's-mantle Alchemilla glabra
Smooth Lady's-mantle Alchemilla glabra
Betony Betonica officinalis
Betony Betonica officinalis
Bristle Club-rush Isolepis setacea
Bristle Club-rush Isolepis setacea
Water-pepper Persicaria hydropiper
Water-pepper Persicaria hydropiper
Bell Heather Erica cinerea
Bell Heather Erica cinerea
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia
Lesser Spearwort Ranunculus flammula
Lesser Spearwort Ranunculus flammula
Heath Bedstraw Galium saxatile
Heath Bedstraw Galium saxatile
Marsh Willowherb Epilobium palustre
Marsh Willowherb Epilobium palustre
Creeping Soft-grass Holcus mollis
Creeping Soft-grass Holcus mollis
Aphanes Aphanes
Aphanes Aphanes
Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis
Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis
Common Sallow Salix cinerea
Common Sallow Salix cinerea
Agrostis canina Agrostis canina
Agrostis canina Agrostis canina
Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia
Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia
Ash Fraxinus excelsior
Ash Fraxinus excelsior
Sitka Spruce Picea sitchensis
Sitka Spruce Picea sitchensis
Barren Strawberry Potentilla sterilis
Barren Strawberry Potentilla sterilis
Wild Cherry Prunus avium
Wild Cherry Prunus avium
Blinks Montia fontana
Blinks Montia fontana
Marsh Violet Viola palustris
Marsh Violet Viola palustris
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata
Bog Asphodel Narthecium ossifragum
Bog Asphodel Narthecium ossifragum
Yellow Pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum
Yellow Pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum
Procumbent Pearlwort Sagina procumbens
Procumbent Pearlwort Sagina procumbens
Goldenrod Solidago virgaurea
Goldenrod Solidago virgaurea
Purple Moor-grass Molinia caerulea
Purple Moor-grass Molinia caerulea
Lolium perenne Lolium perenne
Lolium perenne Lolium perenne
Hybrid Larch Larix decidua x kaempferi = L. x marschlinsii
Hybrid Larch Larix decidua x kaempferi = L. x marschlinsii
Silver Birch Betula pendula
Silver Birch Betula pendula
Tufted Hair-grass Deschampsia cespitosa
Tufted Hair-grass Deschampsia cespitosa
Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria graminea
Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria graminea
Wood Dock Rumex sanguineus
Wood Dock Rumex sanguineus
Common Valerian Valeriana officinalis
Common Valerian Valeriana officinalis
Sessile Oak Quercus petraea
Sessile Oak Quercus petraea
False-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum
False-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum
Lemon-scented Fern Oreopteris limbosperma
Lemon-scented Fern Oreopteris limbosperma
Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus
Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus
Water Earwort Scapania undulata
Water Earwort Scapania undulata
Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis
Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis
Greater Water-moss Fontinalis antipyretica2024
Greater Water-moss Fontinalis antipyretica2024
Giant Butterbur Petasites japonicus2023
Giant Butterbur Petasites japonicus2023
Wavy Hair-Grass Avenella flexuosa2021
Wavy Hair-Grass Avenella flexuosa2021
Smooth Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus2021
Smooth Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus2021
Veronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifolia Veronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifolia2021
Veronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifolia Veronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifolia2021
Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens2021
Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens2021
European Larch Larix decidua2021
European Larch Larix decidua2021
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata2021
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata2021
Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium officinale2021
Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium officinale2021
Sharp-flowered Rush Juncus acutiflorus2021
Sharp-flowered Rush Juncus acutiflorus2021
Broom Cytisus scoparius2021
Broom Cytisus scoparius2021 