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Scales Cleugh

37 ha

📷 Ian Guest · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome37 ha

Getting here

54.78506, -2.59705

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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
  • 🍄Mushroom 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

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Red Grouse (scotica), Lapwing, Carrion Crow +54 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Red Grouse (scotica), Lapwing, Carrion Crow +54 more · last seen 2024

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Brimstone Moth, Large Yellow Underwing, Tinodes dives +196 more · last seen 2022; Insects — Brimstone Moth, Large Yellow Underwing, Tinodes dives +196 more · last seen 2022

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Jointed Rush, Bracken, Hedge Woundwort +22 more · last seen 2020; Plants — Jointed Rush, Bracken, Hedge Woundwort +22 more · last seen 2020

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Lungwort Lichen, Peltigera leucophlebia, Nettle Clustercup Rust +4 more · last seen 2017; Fungi — Lungwort Lichen, Peltigera leucophlebia, Nettle Clustercup Rust +4 more · last seen 2017

Varies

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Raspberry, Mouse-ear-hawkweed, Elder +4 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Route C2CCycling route

C2C off-road sections - no longer NCN

Named routeRef C2CRegional cycle route
Route 7Cycling route
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route490 m
Named routeRef 68Length 490 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.8 km
Named routeRef 68Length 3.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route12.9 km
Named routeRef 7Length 12.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Confluence to form Raven Beck

📷 Ian Guest · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Confluence to form Raven Beck

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

⛪All Saints' ChurchReligious grounds2 km→⛪St John's ChurchReligious grounds4.3 km→✦Haresceugh Fell medieval dispersed settlement 100m south west of Busk lime kilnHistoric site1.8 km→

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