Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.56510, -3.46792
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Curlew and Blackbird
- ⛪Churchyard walks is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Curlew and Blackbird
- ⛪Churchyard walks is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Curlew, Blackbird, Swallow +72 more · last seen 2025; Wet grassland and rushes — snipe, curlew and moorland birds
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Red Squirrel, Roe Deer, Grey Squirrel +12 more · last seen 2025; Purple moor grass and rush pastures priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Painted Lady, Red Admiral +14 more · last seen 2025
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Dilated Scalewort, Woodruff +14 more · last seen 2017
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Coast to Coast Walk (St Bees to Shap)Walking route▾
Named routeRef C2CNational walking route
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Lakes & Dales LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LDLRegional cycle route
Cockermouth<>DistingtionCycling route▾
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route17 m▾
Named routeRef 7Length 17 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
N/ACycling route320 m▾
Named routeLength 320 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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St Michael's church at Arlecdon
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Wildlife to spot
1,957 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,957 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCurlew · Stonechat · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Lapwing +41
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- SwiftApus apus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Golden-ringed Dragonfly
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Brooklime · Apple · Himalayan Honeysuckle · Watercress · Tufted Vetch +19
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
- AppleMalus domestica
- Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa
- WatercressNasturtium officinale
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
- Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,957 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCurlew · Stonechat · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Lapwing +41
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- SwiftApus apus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Golden-ringed Dragonfly
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Brooklime · Apple · Himalayan Honeysuckle · Watercress · Tufted Vetch +19
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
- AppleMalus domestica
- Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa
- WatercressNasturtium officinale
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
- Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas