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Kershope Forest

94 ha

📷 T Eyre · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome94 ha

Getting here

55.12948, -2.73907

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Chaffinch
  • 🐕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
Walking trails

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Tawny Owl, Chaffinch, Robin +50 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Tawny Owl, Chaffinch, Robin +50 more · last seen 2024

Free

Wildlife

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

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Meliscaeva cinctella, Platycheirus albimanus, Eristalis pertinax +49 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meliscaeva cinctella, Platycheirus albimanus, Eristalis pertinax +49 more · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Cycling

32 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Reivers' RouteCycling route
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
National Byway (SW Scotland)Cycling route

National Byway in the Solway Firth area

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route22 m
Named routeRef 10Length 22 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route271 m
Named routeRef 10Length 271 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route123 m
Named routeRef 10Length 123 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route152 m
Named routeRef 10Length 152 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
The Red RouteMountain bike route
Named route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Kershope Forest

📷 T Eyre · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

⛪Bewcastle United Reformed ChurchReligious grounds4 km→✦Lynestead medieval pele tower, early post-medieval farmstead and an associated corn drying kilnHistoric site3.9 km→✦Medieval shieling on south bank of White Lyne 410m WSW of confluence with Little Hare GrainHistoric site4.4 km→✦Medieval shieling on south bank of White Lyne 230m WSW of confluence with Little Hare GrainHistoric site4.6 km→✦Medieval shieling on south bank of White Lyne 130m WSW of confluence with Little Hare GrainHistoric site4.7 km→✦Ten medieval shielings on north bank of White Lyne overlooking confluence with Little Hare GrainHistoric site4.7 km→

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