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📷 Pauline E · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

54.27388, -0.69494

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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
  • ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Robin +49 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Robin +49 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Ringlet, Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown +298 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Ringlet, Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown +298 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Selfheal, Wild Strawberry +76 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Selfheal, Wild Strawberry +76 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Plants — Wild Strawberry, Bramble, Hogweed +4 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Pexton TrailWalking route
Named routeRef PextonLocal walking route
Dalby Beck Red TrailWalking route
Named routeRef Red TrailLocal walking route
Tabular Hills WalkWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
The Inn WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Dalby Forest Drivepublic footpath · 562 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 562 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
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Mountain biking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Moors to SeaMountain bike route
Named route
Dalby Forest Back RouteMountain bike route
Named routeRegional cycle route
Dalby Forest Red RouteMountain bike route
Named routeRef Red
Dalby Forest Green RouteMountain bike route
Named routeRef Green
Dalby Forest Blue RouteMountain bike route
Named routeRef Blue

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Pauline E · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Two prehistoric linear boundaries with associated features, 680m ESE and 880m NNE of Pexton Moor FarmHistoric site1.7 km→🌱Adderstone FieldUrban park4.2 km→✦Part of a warrening enclosure 470m south east of High Rigg FarmHistoric site2.1 km→⛪St Hilda's ChurchReligious grounds3.2 km→✦Three embanked pit alignments and segments of a linear boundary and a medieval hollow way, 300m west of Givendale Head FarmHistoric site4 km→✦Standing cross 180m north of Hall FarmHistoric site4.5 km→

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Ellerburn Pond

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