Pennington Reservoir
17 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome17 ha
Getting here
54.20085, -3.13962
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Herring Gull
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Herring Gull
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Herring Gull, Woodpigeon +77 more · last seen 2025; Reservoir — wildfowl and wading birds
Free
Birds — Mallard, Herring Gull, Woodpigeon +77 more · last seen 2025; Reservoir — wildfowl and wading birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Painted Lady, Hydropsyche siltalai, Red Admiral +29 more · last seen 2021
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Frizzled Pincushion, Bird's-claw Beard-moss +57 more · last seen 2018
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Reservoir — waterside public access
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cumbria Coastal WayWalking route298 km▾
Named routeLength 298 kmRegional walking route
Cumbria WayWalking route118 km▾
Named routeLength 118 kmRegional walking route
Furness Haematite TrailWalking route▾
Industrial heritage walks across the Furness Peninsula
Named routeLocal walking route
39 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
Bay Cycle WayCycling route132 km▾
Named routeRef 700Length 132 kmNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route674 m▾
Named routeRef 70Length 674 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route4.1 km▾
Named routeRef 70Length 4.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 70Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route61 m▾
Named routeRef 70Length 61 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Pennington Reservoir and Harlock Hill
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
1,884 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,884 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Kestrel
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Meadowsweet · Polygonum aviculare · Creeping Buttercup · Nipplewort · Tormentil +131
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,884 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Kestrel
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Meadowsweet · Polygonum aviculare · Creeping Buttercup · Nipplewort · Tormentil +131
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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