Lawns Wood
✦ Ancient woodland164 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome164 ha
Getting here
54.26082, -2.87297
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
- 🌳Large woodland — room to roam
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +68 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Snowdrop, Crosswort, Common Rock-rose +14 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Ringlet +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 30 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cumbria Coastal WayWalking route298 km▾
Named routeLength 298 kmRegional walking route
Storth TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
Lakes & Dales LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LDLRegional cycle route
Bay Cycle WayCycling route132 km▾
Named routeRef 700Length 132 kmNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route323 m▾
Named routeRef 70Length 323 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 700Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.5 km▾
Named routeRef 70Length 2.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
10 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
32,001 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
32,001 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Robin · Bullfinch · Jackdaw · Goldfinch +30
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Hazel · Pendulous Sedge · Bush Vetch · Soft-rush · Holly +54
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
32,001 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Robin · Bullfinch · Jackdaw · Goldfinch +30
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Hazel · Pendulous Sedge · Bush Vetch · Soft-rush · Holly +54
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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