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Springs Wood

✦ Ancient woodland15 ha

📷 Rob Noble · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsFungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha

Getting here

54.31010, -3.19717

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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
  • 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

Good to know

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

Best for

12 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Pintail, Wigeon, Yellowhammer +58 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Pintail, Wigeon, Yellowhammer +58 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Parmelia saxatilis s. lat., Hymenelia lacustris, Parmelia omphalodes +131 more · last seen 2020; Fungi — Parmelia saxatilis s. lat., Hymenelia lacustris, Parmelia omphalodes +131 more · last seen 2020

Varies

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Tunbridge Filmy-fern, Bluebell · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Picnic day out

picnic area

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path 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
Shuttle Streetpublic footpath · 382 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 382 mPath type: track
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Lakes & Dales LoopCycling route
Named routeRef LDLRegional cycle route
🐴

Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Scrithwaite Farm

📷 Rob Noble · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Scrithwaite Farm

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

⚽Wilson ParkPlaying field3.6 km→✦Prehistoric hut circle settlements, enclosure, cairnfields, funerary cairns, a dispersed medieval settlement, field system and kilns on Heathwaite FellHistoric site5 km→✦Cairns on Kiln Bank 1/6 to 1/2 mile (270m-800m) SSE of Far Kiln Bank FarmhouseHistoric site2.3 km→✦Duddon Bridge Ironworks and associated leats and Duddon Bridge Bobbin Mill and associated leats 370m north west of Duddon BridgeHistoric site3.7 km→✦Duddon FurnaceHistoric site3.8 km→✦Lath Rigg prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 600m NNW of Thwaite YeatHistoric site4.7 km→

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