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Nutty Sheepfold

📷 David Brown · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

54.30505, -3.11118

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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

  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Chaffinch, Carrion Crow, Mallard +75 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Carrion Crow, Mallard +75 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter, Small Heath +93 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter, Small Heath +93 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — American Skunk-cabbage, Cross-leaved Heath, Sharp-flowered Rush +196 more · last seen 2025; Plants — American Skunk-cabbage, Cross-leaved Heath, Sharp-flowered Rush +196 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Oak, Wood-rust, Great Scented Liverwort +10 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cumbria WayWalking route118 km
Named routeLength 118 kmRegional walking route
Machell's Coppice TrailWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Silurian WayWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Carron Crag TrailWalking route
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
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Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Lakes & Dales LoopCycling route
Named routeRef LDLRegional cycle route
Regional Route 37Cycling route
Named routeRef 37Regional cycle route
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Mountain biking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
The North Face TrailMountain bike route
Named route
Silurian WayMountain bike route
Named route
Hawkshead Moor TrailMountain bike route
Named route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Beacon Fell top

📷 David Brown · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Beacon Fell top

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Prehistoric hut circle settlements, enclosure, cairnfields, funerary cairns, a dispersed medieval settlement, field system and kilns on Heathwaite FellHistoric site3.9 km→✦Giant's GraveHistoric site3.3 km→✦Appletree WorthHistoric site3.9 km→✦Heathwaite SettlementHistoric site4 km→💧Throng Moss ReservoirReservoir2.1 km→💧Throng Moss ReservoirReservoir2.1 km→

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