Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
54.28172, -3.14319
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Wren
- ✦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
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Wren
- ✦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 — Meadow Pipit, Wren, Skylark +71 more · last seen 2025; Upland wetlands — golden plover and upland waders
Free
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Wren, Skylark +71 more · last seen 2025; Upland flushes, fens and swamps priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Heath, Meadow Brown, Common Darter +178 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bog Pimpernel, Round-leaved Sundew, Wood-sorrel +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cumbria Coastal WayWalking route298 km▾
Named routeLength 298 kmRegional walking route
Cumbria WayWalking route118 km▾
Named routeLength 118 kmRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lakes & Dales LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LDLRegional cycle route
Regional Route 37Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 37Regional cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Rhagonycha fulva2024
Rhagonycha fulva2024
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Common Dog-violet
Viola riviniana
Viola riviniana
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaRusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterach2024Rusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterach2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024SkullcapScutellaria galericulata2024SkullcapScutellaria galericulata2024White Beak-sedgeRhynchospora alba2024White Beak-sedgeRhynchospora alba2024Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata2024Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata2024Great SundewDrosera anglica2024Great SundewDrosera anglica2024Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda2024Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda2024Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2024Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2024Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2024Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2024Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024Common Spike-rushEleocharis palustris2024Common Spike-rushEleocharis palustris2024Luzula multiflora subsp. congestaLuzula multiflora subsp. congesta2024Luzula multiflora subsp. congestaLuzula multiflora subsp. congesta2024Euphrasia arctica x confusaEuphrasia arctica x confusa2024Euphrasia arctica x confusaEuphrasia arctica x confusa2024Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2024Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2024Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2024Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2024Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2024Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2024Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum2024Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum2024English StonecropSedum anglicum2024English StonecropSedum anglicum2024Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2024Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2024Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2024Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2024Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2024Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2024Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2024Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2024Bell HeatherErica cinerea2024Bell HeatherErica cinerea2024Tawny SedgeCarex hostiana2024Tawny SedgeCarex hostiana2024Pale SedgeCarex pallescens2024Pale SedgeCarex pallescens2024Broad-leaved CottongrassEriophorum latifolium2024Broad-leaved CottongrassEriophorum latifolium2024Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2024Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2024Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2024Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2024Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2024Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2024Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2024Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2024BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2024BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2024Events & activities nearby
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