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The Border Forest Park

330 ha

📷 Oliver Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome330 ha

Getting here

55.11779, -2.79628

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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
  • 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕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
  • 🌳Large woodland — room to roam

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Robin +63 more · last seen 2022; Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Robin +63 more · last seen 2022

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Green-veined White, Small Quaker, Red Chestnut +25 more · last seen 2018; Insects — Green-veined White, Small Quaker, Red Chestnut +25 more · last seen 2018

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Porpidia crustulata · last seen 2013; Fungi — Porpidia crustulata · last seen 2013

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Small Toadflax, Bog Pondweed, Common Spotted-orchid +3 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Small Toadflax, Bog Pondweed, Common Spotted-orchid +3 more · last seen 2023

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Cycling

27 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Reivers' RouteCycling route
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
National Byway (SW Scotland)Cycling route

National Byway in the Solway Firth area

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route22 m
Named routeRef 10Length 22 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route271 m
Named routeRef 10Length 271 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route123 m
Named routeRef 10Length 123 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route152 m
Named routeRef 10Length 152 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

Photos

A corner of Kershope Forest

📷 Oliver Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

A corner of Kershope Forest

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

⛪St Nicholas ChurchReligious grounds4.7 km→⛪Bewcastle United Reformed ChurchReligious grounds4.8 km→✦Stonehouse Tower bastleHistoric site3 km→✦Prehistoric cultivation terraces immediately south east of NookHistoric site3.9 km→✦The Currick long cairn 710m north east of Cald WellHistoric site4.9 km→

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