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Penton Wood

✦ Ancient woodland51 ha

📷 Brian Bailey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Free entryDogs welcome51 ha

Getting here

55.07700, -2.89833

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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

8 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — House Sparrow, Blue Tit, Chaffinch +56 more · last seen 2025; Birds — House Sparrow, Blue Tit, Chaffinch +56 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Globeflower, Japanese Knotweed, Wood Club-rush +303 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Plants — Stone Bramble, Common Nettle, Bilberry +29 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Perla carlukiana, Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Chaetopteryx villosa +10 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Perla carlukiana, Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Chaetopteryx villosa +10 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Stump Puffball · last seen 2010; Fungi — Stump Puffball · last seen 2010

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
National Byway (SW Scotland)Cycling route

National Byway in the Solway Firth area

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Liddel Water Penton

📷 Brian Bailey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Liddel Water Penton

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Useful places within 5 km

⛪Canonbie Parish ChurchReligious grounds3.3 km→⛪St Nicholas ChurchReligious grounds3.2 km→✦Liddel Strength motte and bailey castle and fortified tower houseHistoric site3.3 km→

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