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Low Wood

✦ Ancient woodland54 ha

📷 Andy Deacon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome54 ha

Getting here

54.33984, -3.22647

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • 🌿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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Parking· Free

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Blackbird +51 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Blackbird +51 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Red Bog-moss, Racomitrium heterostichum, Bog Groove-moss +298 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Common Threadwort, Conocephalum conicum, Wood-rust +14 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Beautiful Demoiselle, Southern Hawker +86 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Beautiful Demoiselle, Southern Hawker +86 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

11 public paths nearby

Public paths
Grimecrag Bridgepublic footpath · 16 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 16 mPath type: footway
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Lakes & Dales LoopCycling route
Named routeRef LDLRegional cycle route
🐴

Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths

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

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Track near Low Wood Duddon Valley

📷 Andy Deacon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Track near Low Wood Duddon Valley

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Prehistoric hut circle settlement and cairnfield, three medieval settlements and associated field systems, and two shielings north of CrosbythwaiteHistoric site1.7 km→✦Pike How prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 320m south west of High GroundHistoric site4.7 km→✦Cairns on Kiln Bank 1/6 to 1/2 mile (270m-800m) SSE of Far Kiln Bank FarmhouseHistoric site1.6 km→✦Hesk Fell prehistoric cairnfield and funerary cairn, a linear boundary, and a dispersed medieval settlement and field system 840m west of Horseman GateHistoric site1.9 km→✦Prehistoric cairnfield and linear boundary on Hesk Fell 800m north of Holehouse BridgeHistoric site2.3 km→✦Brown Rigg prehistoric cairnfield 375m east of Woodend BridgeHistoric site2.8 km→

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