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St Margaret's Church

📷 Alison Rawson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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54.11150, -2.63594

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 262m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 262m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· FreePlayground

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Little Egret, Blackbird, Lapwing +85 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Little Egret, Blackbird, Lapwing +85 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Yellow-legged Water-snipefly, Marsh Snipefly, Common Orange Legionnaire +19 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Yellow-legged Water-snipefly, Marsh Snipefly, Common Orange Legionnaire +19 more · last seen 2025

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Route 69

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 9 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Lune Valley RambleWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

27 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route

Route 69Cycling route

Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network

Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network

Cumbria CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route27 m

Named routeRef 69Length 27 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route157 m

Named routeRef 69Length 157 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

18,338 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

18,338 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

autumn

2026

Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Lapwing · Jackdaw +50

RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
MagpiePica pica
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025

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Mammals2 species

spring

2026

Otter · American Mink

OtterLutra lutra
American MinkNeovison vison

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2026

Giant Hogweed · Butterbur

Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
ButterburPetasites hybridus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

18,338 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

autumn

2026

Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Lapwing · Jackdaw +50

RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
MagpiePica pica
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

spring

2026

Otter · American Mink

OtterLutra lutra
American MinkNeovison vison

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2026

Giant Hogweed · Butterbur

Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
ButterburPetasites hybridus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Alison Rawson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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