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Oakthorpen Wood

✦ Ancient woodland19 ha

📷 norman griffin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome19 ha

Getting here

54.40489, -2.93955

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Brockhole National Park Visitor Centre 132m away — 4 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Brockhole National Park Visitor Centre 132m away — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

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

Parking· Paid

Best for

11 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Mallard +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Mallard +75 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Rusty-Back Fern, Snowdrop, Japanese Knotweed +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Common Carder Bee +60 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Common Carder Bee +60 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Jellybaby, Incrucipulum ciliare, Beech Knight +6 more · last seen 2023; Fungi — Jellybaby, Incrucipulum ciliare, Beech Knight +6 more · last seen 2023

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

22 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Dales WayWalking route129 km

Named routeLength 129 kmRegional walking route

Cumbria WayWalking route118 km

Named routeLength 118 kmRegional walking route

Miles without Stiles: Elterwater to Skelwith BridgeWalking route

Named routeRef 11Point-to-pointLocal walking route

Miles without Stiles: Wray Castle to LoanthwaiteWalking route

Named routeRef 47Point-to-pointLocal walking route

Watbarrow Wood Waymarked Walk, Wray CastleWalking route1.1 km

Rought and uneven path with some steep sections around Watbarrow Wood.

Named routeLength 1.1 kmDuration 00:30Round tripLocal walking route

Skelghyll Lanepublic footpath · 729 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 729 mPath type: unclassified

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Cycling

74 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Route 637Cycling route

Named routeRef 637National Cycle Network

Regional Route 37Cycling route

Named routeRef 37Regional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route471 m

Named routeRef 6Length 471 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route287 m

Named routeRef 6Length 287 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route114 m

Named routeRef 6Length 114 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose

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Mountain biking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Silurian WayMountain bike route

Named route

Moor Top TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Hawkshead Moor TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Goosey Foot Tarn TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRound trip

The North Face TrailMountain bike route

Named route

🐴

Horse riding

15 public paths nearby

Public paths

Mirk Lanebridleway · 18 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 18 mSurface asphaltPath type: service

Mirk Lanebridleway · 72 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 72 mSurface rockPath type: bridleway

Wain Lanebridleway · 68 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 68 mSurface gravelPath type: track

Mirk Lanebridleway · 101 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 101 mSurface asphaltPath type: service

Mirk Lanebridleway · 632 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 632 mSurface gravelPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

8,592 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,592 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

autumn

2026

Mallard · Robin · Nuthatch · Long-tailed Tit · Jackdaw +47

MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
Wood DuckAix sponsa2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Hirundo rustica rusticaHirundo rustica rustica2025

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Mammals5 species

autumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Shrew · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Common ShrewSorex araneus
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects5 species

summer

2025

Vine Weevil · Red-legged Shieldbug · Mesembrina meridiana · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Evacanthus interruptus

Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Evacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptus

🌿

Plants18 species

summer

2025

Yellow Loosestrife · Meadow Buttercup · Silverweed · Nipplewort · Garden Lady's-mantle +13

Yellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
NipplewortLapsana communis
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
HollyIlex aquifolium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,592 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

autumn

2026

Mallard · Robin · Nuthatch · Long-tailed Tit · Jackdaw +47

MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
Wood DuckAix sponsa2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Hirundo rustica rusticaHirundo rustica rustica2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Shrew · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Common ShrewSorex araneus
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects5 species

summer

2025

Vine Weevil · Red-legged Shieldbug · Mesembrina meridiana · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Evacanthus interruptus

Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Evacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptus

🌿

Plants18 species

summer

2025

Yellow Loosestrife · Meadow Buttercup · Silverweed · Nipplewort · Garden Lady's-mantle +13

Yellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
NipplewortLapsana communis
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
HollyIlex aquifolium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 norman griffin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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🌱Brockhole on WindermereUrban park600 m→🌱Rothay ParkUrban park3.5 km→✦BROCKHOLEHistoric site600 m→🌱Rothay ParkUrban park3.5 km→🌱University of Cumbria ParkUrban park3.9 km→🌱Queen's ParkUrban park4.3 km→

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