Lake District Wildlife Park
20 ha
Plan your visit
🐄Farms🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome20 ha
Getting here
54.68517, -3.23685
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Robin
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- ☕Wildlife Park Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Robin
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- ☕Wildlife Park Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🐄Farm visits
Very strong match
Zoo or animal collection
Varies
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, House Sparrow +46 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, House Sparrow +46 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Lesser Trefoil, Tall Fescue, Black Medick +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cumbria WayWalking route118 km▾
Named routeLength 118 kmRegional walking route
Allerdale RambleWalking route▾
Dodd Summit TrailWalking route4.8 km▾
Named routeLength 4.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Skill Beck TrailWalking route2.5 km▾
Named routeLength 2.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Douglas Fir TrailWalking route1.5 km▾
Named routeLength 1.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 38Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 38Regional cycle route
Lakes & Dales LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LDLRegional cycle route
Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
Route C2CCycling route▾
C2C off-road sections - no longer NCN
Named routeRef C2CRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route20.4 km▾
Named routeRef 10Length 20.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Buckholme Lonningbridleway · 1.4 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.4 kmPath type: track
Photos
Bald Eagle at the Lake District Wildlife Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,798 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,798 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Robin · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +44
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
🦌Mammals8 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Roe Deer · Red Squirrel · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse +3
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Frog
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red Mason Bee · Common Red Soldier Beetle
- Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Lesser Trefoil · Tall Fescue · Black Medick · Dotted Loosestrife · Creeping Cinquefoil +31
- Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
- Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
- Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Common CouchElymus repens
- Spiked SedgeCarex spicata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,798 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Robin · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +44
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
🦌Mammals8 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Roe Deer · Red Squirrel · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse +3
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Frog
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red Mason Bee · Common Red Soldier Beetle
- Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Lesser Trefoil · Tall Fescue · Black Medick · Dotted Loosestrife · Creeping Cinquefoil +31
- Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
- Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
- Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Common CouchElymus repens
- Spiked SedgeCarex spicata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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