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Orchard Wood

✦ Ancient woodland52 ha

📷 Wikipedia · Orchard · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome52 ha

Getting here

54.31240, -3.02368

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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
  • 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
  • 🐕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

10 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Forest walks

1 marked walking trail(s)

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — woodland with marked walking trails

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Robin +57 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Robin +57 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Hutchins' Hollywort, Prickly Featherwort, Autumn Flapwort +200 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Wood-rust, Hazel, Beech +17 more foraging species; Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

17 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cumbria WayWalking route118 km
Named routeLength 118 kmRegional walking route
Machell's Coppice TrailWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Bogle Crag Trail (long)Walking route
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Beatrix Potter's Moss Eccles Tarn Walk, Hill TopWalking route4 km

Gentle walk to 1 of Beatrix Potter's favourite places, Moss Eccles Tarn. This is where the children's author spent time painting & is a great introduction to the place included in her books. Short steep sections. Muddy in wet weather. Potential livestock

Named routeLength 4 kmDuration 01:00Round tripLocal walking route
Ash Landing and Claife Heights Windermere Walk, Claife Viewing StationWalking route12 km

An elevated walk along Windermere's undeveloped western side. Dramatic viewing point at Low Blind How, where a gap in the wall leads to a crag with views of the lake, islands & Troutbeck fells. Some steep slopes, but once on the Heights its generally flat

Named routeLength 12 kmDuration 04:00-05:00Round tripLocal walking route
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Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Lakes & Dales LoopCycling route
Named routeRef LDLRegional cycle route
Regional Route 37Cycling route
Named routeRef 37Regional cycle route
West Windermere Way (Cycle Route)Cycling route
Named routeLhn
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Mountain biking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
The North Face TrailMountain bike route
Named route
Grizedale Tarn TrailMountain bike route
Named route
Silurian WayMountain bike route
Named route
Moor Top TrailMountain bike route
Named route
Hawkshead Moor TrailMountain bike route
Named route
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Horse riding

11 public paths nearby

Public paths
Moor Lanebridleway · 124 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 124 mSurface rockPath type: bridleway
Sawrey Bridgebridleway · 11 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 11 mSurface compactedPath type: track
Moor Lanebridleway · 104 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 104 mSurface rockPath type: bridleway
Moor Lanebridleway · 879 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 879 mSurface gravelPath type: bridleway
Moor Lanebridleway · 9 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 9 mSurface compactedPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Orchard

📷 Wikipedia · Orchard · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Jackson Low WoodUrban park5 km→🌱The PaddiesUrban park4.1 km→🌱The Farmhouse GardenUrban park4.2 km→🌱The Kitchen GardenUrban park4.3 km→

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Nearby reservoirs

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Cubby Tarn (Sale Moss)

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Dam 150

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