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Hardendale Fell

54 ha

📷 Rod Allday · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome54 ha

Getting here

54.50337, -2.65222

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking· Free

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Kestrel, Lapwing, Jackdaw +75 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Kestrel, Lapwing, Jackdaw +75 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Agapetus fuscipes, Hydroptila tineoides, Tinodes waeneri +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Opposite-leaved Pondweed, Great Burnet +83 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Opposite-leaved Pondweed, Great Burnet +83 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Plants — Autumn Hawkbit, Meadowsweet, Wild Thyme +4 more foraging species

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Coast to Coast Walk (Shap to Richmond)Walking route
Named routeRef C2CRegional walking route
Coast to Coast Walk (St Bees to Shap)Walking route
Named routeRef C2CNational walking route
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Cycling

18 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
Pennine CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Lakes & Dales LoopCycling route
Named routeRef LDLRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route145 m
Named routeRef 68Length 145 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m
Named routeRef 68Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km
Named routeRef 68Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Pylon on Hardendale Fell

📷 Rod Allday · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Pylon on Hardendale Fell

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Shap Memorial ParkUrban park3.2 km→⚽Memorial ParkPlaying field3.2 km→⛪St Michael's ChurchReligious grounds3.5 km→✦Shap Stone AlignmentHistoric site3.3 km→✦Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishpondsHistoric site4.1 km→✦Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap AbbeyHistoric site4.6 km→

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