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St Michael's Church

✦ Ancient woodland38 ha

📷 Christine Matthews · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

BirdsWildlifePicnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome38 ha

Getting here

54.35488, -3.38306

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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
  • 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
  • ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
CaféParking· FreePicnic spotToilets

Best for

13 activities

Bird watching

Mudflats — internationally important for wading birds and wildfowl; Birds — Little Egret, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull +89 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

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

Free

Picnic day out

picnic area, café, toilets, car park

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Touch-me-not Balsam, American Skunk-cabbage, Japanese Knotweed +8 more · last seen 2025

Free

Family friendly

café, toilets, picnic area

Free

Insect spotting

Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Orchid Beetle, Common Darter +17 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cumbria Coastal WayWalking route298 km
Named routeLength 298 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitehaven to SilecroftWalking route
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
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Cycling

13 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 route217 m
Named routeRef 72Length 217 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Horse riding

8 public paths nearby

Public paths
Fell Lanebridleway · 1.1 km
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.1 kmPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Heron Feeding, Muncaster Castle, Cumbria

📷 Christine Matthews · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Heron Feeding, Muncaster Castle, Cumbria

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Nearby places

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🌱St Michael's ChurchUrban park100 m→✦MUNCASTER CASTLEHistoric site300 m→🦉DRIGG DUNES AND GULLERY, RAVENGLASSNature reserve3.4 km→⛪St Michael's ChurchReligious grounds300 m→✦Barnscar prehistoric cairnfield, two hut circle settlements, field systems, funerary cairns, and a Romano-British farmstead, trackway and field systemHistoric site3.3 km→✦Prehistoric stone circle, trackway, cairnfields, funerary cairns, hut circles, Romano-British farmstead and a medieval field system, 1.1km SE of StaintonHistoric site4.1 km→

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