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St Mary's Church

📷 H Stamper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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54.63073, -3.55911

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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
🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via Hadrian's Cycleway
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via Hadrian's Cycleway
🐕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

Parking· Free

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Cormorant, Oystercatcher +85 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Cormorant, Oystercatcher +85 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Snowdrop, Blue Fleabane +20 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Snowdrop, Blue Fleabane +20 more · last seen 2024

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Hadrian's Cycleway

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Carder Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee, Dryomyza anilis +10 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Common Carder Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee, Dryomyza anilis +10 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

King Charles III England Coast Path: Allonby to WhitehavenWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

48 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network

Reivers' RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network

Cockermouth<>DistingtionCycling route

Named route

Main RouteCycling route87 m

Named routeRef 10Length 87 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route320 m

Named routeLength 320 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route57 m

Named routeRef 72Length 57 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other

Wildlife to spot

7,250 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,250 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds62 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Carrion Crow · Stonechat · Goldfinch · Herring Gull · Wren +57

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SwiftApus apus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Great TitParus major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025

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Mammals2 species

springsummer

2026

Brown Rat · Hedgehog

Brown RatRattus norvegicus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,250 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Carrion Crow · Stonechat · Goldfinch · Herring Gull · Wren +57

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SwiftApus apus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Great TitParus major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

springsummer

2026

Brown Rat · Hedgehog

Brown RatRattus norvegicus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 H Stamper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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