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Hawcoat Park

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54.13191, -3.21864

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Herring Gull
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Herring Gull
⚽Playing fields 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

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, Jackdaw +75 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, Jackdaw +75 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Blue Damselfly, Eristalis pertinax +40 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Blue Damselfly, Eristalis pertinax +40 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Bee Orchid, Northern Marsh-orchid, Brooklime +13 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Bee Orchid, Northern Marsh-orchid, Brooklime +13 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

King Charles III England Coast Path: Walney IslandWalking route

Named routeRef ECPRound tripNational walking route

Furness Haematite TrailWalking route

Industrial heritage walks across the Furness Peninsula

Named routeLocal walking route

Cumbria Coastal WayWalking route298 km

Named routeLength 298 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

85 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network

Bay Cycle WayCycling route132 km

Named routeRef 700Length 132 kmNational Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route24 m

Named routeRef 72Length 24 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route4.1 km

Named routeRef 70Length 4.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route68 m

Named routeRef 70Length 68 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route131 m

Named routeRef 70Length 131 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Cliffe Lanebyway open to all traffic · 307 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 307 mSurface compactedPath type: footway

Cliffe Lanebyway open to all traffic · 183 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 183 mSurface compactedPath type: footway

Wildlife to spot

13,071 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,071 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds32 species

autumn

2025

Moorhen · Goldfinch · Wren · Blackbird · Blue Tit +27

MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RavenCorvus corax
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
JayGarrulus glandarius
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Rock DoveColumba livia
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
JackdawColoeus monedula
RookCorvus frugilegus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🌿

Plants108 species

autumn

2025

Creeping Thistle · Rosa canina · Creeping Buttercup · Elder · Bramble +103

Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
ElderSambucus nigra
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Greater PlantainPlantago major
IvyHedera helix
White PoplarPopulus alba
DandelionTaraxacum
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
AshFraxinus excelsior
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
HollyIlex aquifolium
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Common ChickweedStellaria media
GorseUlex europaeus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
White CloverTrifolium repens
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
TimothyPhleum pratense
DaisyBellis perennis
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Sea SpleenwortAsplenium marinum
Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis
Erodium cicutariumErodium cicutarium
Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris
HazelCorylus avellana
Red CampionSilene dioica
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
CleaversGalium aparine
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Common CouchElymus repens
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
NipplewortLapsana communis
Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
OakQuercus
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Sea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoides
Swedish Whitebeam (aggregate)Sorbus intermedia
SunflowerHelianthus annuus
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
WeldReseda luteola
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
Salix fragilisSalix fragilis
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
AspenPopulus tremula
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
Wild MignonetteReseda lutea
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
EyebrightEuphrasia
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica
Chenopodium albumChenopodium album
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus
AlderAlnus glutinosa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,071 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds32 species

autumn

2025

Moorhen · Goldfinch · Wren · Blackbird · Blue Tit +27

MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RavenCorvus corax
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
JayGarrulus glandarius
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Rock DoveColumba livia
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
JackdawColoeus monedula
RookCorvus frugilegus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🌿

Plants108 species

autumn

2025

Creeping Thistle · Rosa canina · Creeping Buttercup · Elder · Bramble +103

Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
ElderSambucus nigra
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Greater PlantainPlantago major
IvyHedera helix
White PoplarPopulus alba
DandelionTaraxacum
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
AshFraxinus excelsior
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
HollyIlex aquifolium
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Common ChickweedStellaria media
GorseUlex europaeus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
White CloverTrifolium repens
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
TimothyPhleum pratense
DaisyBellis perennis
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Sea SpleenwortAsplenium marinum
Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis
Erodium cicutariumErodium cicutarium
Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris
HazelCorylus avellana
Red CampionSilene dioica
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
CleaversGalium aparine
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Common CouchElymus repens
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
NipplewortLapsana communis
Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
OakQuercus
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Sea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoides
Swedish Whitebeam (aggregate)Sorbus intermedia
SunflowerHelianthus annuus
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
WeldReseda luteola
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
Salix fragilisSalix fragilis
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
AspenPopulus tremula
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
Wild MignonetteReseda lutea
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
EyebrightEuphrasia
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica
Chenopodium albumChenopodium album
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus
AlderAlnus glutinosa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Wikipedia · Hawcoat · CC BY-SA 3.0

Hawcoat

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🌱Barrow ParkUrban park1.6 km→✦Furness Abbey Savignac and Cistercian monasteries: precinct wall, great gatehouse, 'chapel outside the gates', south west gateway and earthworks.Historic site1.4 km→🌱Barrow Public ParkUrban park1.4 km→🌱Amphitheatre FieldUrban park1.5 km→🌱Barrow Public ParkUrban park1.6 km→🌱Coronation GardensUrban park1.8 km→

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