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Hardknott Roman Fort

2 ha

📷 Ian Taylor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

54.40270, -3.20536

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wheatear and Meadow Pipit
  • ✦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

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking· Free

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Wheatear, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch +43 more · last seen 2025; Moorland — golden plover, curlew and short-eared owl

Free

Wildlife

Birds — Wheatear, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch +43 more · last seen 2025; Grass moorland priority habitat

Free

Heritage

Historic site with public access

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Parmotrema perlatum, Stereocaulon vesuvianum var. vesuvianum, Lecanora polytropa +15 more · last seen 2014

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Small Heath, Black Darter, Lepidostoma hirtum +101 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

17 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

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Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Lakes & Dales LoopCycling route
Named routeRef LDLRegional cycle route
Eskdale TRailCycling route
Named routeRef ETRLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Hardknott Roman Fort

📷 Ian Taylor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Hardknott Roman fort, bath-house, parade ground and tribunal, 4 Roman roads, Roman quarries and 3 cairnsHistoric site200 m→✦Roman road from Wrynose Bottom to Hardknott FordHistoric site2.3 km→✦Cairnfield including a prehistoric enclosure, 5 stone circles, 10 funerary cairns, 6 stone banks, 2 stone walls, a lynchet and a trackway on BurnmoorHistoric site4.6 km→✦Prehistoric enclosure north of Little Pie, BurnmoorHistoric site3.3 km→✦Prehistoric enclosure, hut circle and adjacent cairnfield east of Whillan Beck, BurnmoorHistoric site3.5 km→✦Cairnfield including a funerary cairn, standing stone and three stone banks south of Eller How, BurnmoorHistoric site3.8 km→