Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.39656, -3.48350
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Herring Gull
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Herring Gull
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Oystercatcher +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park
Free
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Oystercatcher +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Painted Lady, Red Admiral +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitehaven to SilecroftWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Lakes & Dales LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LDLRegional cycle route
Eskdale TRailCycling route▾
Named routeRef ETRLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route299 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 299 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route779 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 779 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route708 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 708 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,884 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,884 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Herring Gull · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Swallow +31
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- SanderlingCalidris alba2024
- RazorbillAlca torda2023
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Pine Marten
Slow-worm · Adder · Lacertidae · Common Lizard · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024
- AdderVipera berus
- LacertidaeLacertidae2024
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Salamander
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2026▾
Green Tiger Beetle · Orange Ladybird · St Marks Fly · Short-winged Cone-head · Platycheirus angustatus +11
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
- St Marks FlyBibio marci2025
- Short-winged Cone-headConocephalus dorsalis2024
- Platycheirus angustatusPlatycheirus angustatus2024
Sea Bindweed · Sea-kale · Bloody Crane's-bill · Tree-mallow
- Sea BindweedCalystegia soldanella
- Sea-kaleCrambe maritima
- Bloody Crane's-billGeranium sanguineum
- Tree-mallowMalva arborea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,884 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Herring Gull · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Swallow +31
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- SanderlingCalidris alba2024
- RazorbillAlca torda2023
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Pine Marten
Slow-worm · Adder · Lacertidae · Common Lizard · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024
- AdderVipera berus
- LacertidaeLacertidae2024
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Salamander
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2026▾
Green Tiger Beetle · Orange Ladybird · St Marks Fly · Short-winged Cone-head · Platycheirus angustatus +11
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
- St Marks FlyBibio marci2025
- Short-winged Cone-headConocephalus dorsalis2024
- Platycheirus angustatusPlatycheirus angustatus2024
Sea Bindweed · Sea-kale · Bloody Crane's-bill · Tree-mallow
- Sea BindweedCalystegia soldanella
- Sea-kaleCrambe maritima
- Bloody Crane's-billGeranium sanguineum
- Tree-mallowMalva arborea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Paradelphomyia senilis
Paradelphomyia senilis
Paradelphomyia senilis2024
Paradelphomyia senilis2024
Idioptera maculataIdioptera maculata2024Idioptera maculataIdioptera maculata2024Pilaria discicollisPilaria discicollis2024Pilaria discicollisPilaria discicollis2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2024Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2024Early ColletesColletes cunicularius2024Early ColletesColletes cunicularius2024Melanimon tibialisMelanimon tibialis2024Melanimon tibialisMelanimon tibialis2024Buffish Mining BeeAndrena nigroaenea2024Buffish Mining BeeAndrena nigroaenea2024Phylan gibbusPhylan gibbus2024Phylan gibbusPhylan gibbus2024Field Cuckoo BeeBombus campestris2024Field Cuckoo BeeBombus campestris2024Cheilosia fraternaCheilosia fraterna2024Cheilosia fraternaCheilosia fraterna2024