Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
54.16033, -3.11628
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Dunnock
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Dunnock
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕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 — Blackbird, Dunnock, Robin +81 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Dunnock, Robin +81 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral +36 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 20 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Furness Haematite TrailWalking route▾
Industrial heritage walks across the Furness Peninsula
Named routeLocal walking route
Cumbria Coastal WayWalking route298 km▾
Named routeLength 298 kmRegional walking route
Cumbria WayWalking route118 km▾
Named routeLength 118 kmRegional walking route
Hen Parrock Lanepublic footpath · 35 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 35 mSurface concretePath type: service
Weint Lanepublic footpath · 96 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 96 mSurface pavedPath type: service
Weint Lanepublic footpath · 602 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 602 mSurface gravelPath type: track
49 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
Bay Cycle WayCycling route132 km▾
Named routeRef 700Length 132 kmNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route674 m▾
Named routeRef 70Length 674 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route4.1 km▾
Named routeRef 70Length 4.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 70Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.3 km▾
Named routeRef 700Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
7,478 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,478 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Magpie · Robin · House Sparrow · Herring Gull +19
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- Common GullLarus canus
Wood Mouse
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
🐝Insects2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Greater Spearwort · Dotted Loosestrife · Petty Spurge · Sun Spurge · Curled Dock +149
- Greater SpearwortRanunculus lingua
- Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
- Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
- Curled DockRumex crispus
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,478 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Magpie · Robin · House Sparrow · Herring Gull +19
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- Common GullLarus canus
Wood Mouse
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
🐝Insects2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Greater Spearwort · Dotted Loosestrife · Petty Spurge · Sun Spurge · Curled Dock +149
- Greater SpearwortRanunculus lingua
- Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
- Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
- Curled DockRumex crispus
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
