Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.91624, -2.89664
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Helophilus pendulus +155 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Raspberry, Bramble +27 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cumbria WayWalking route118 km▾
Named routeLength 118 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Gretna to AllonbyWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km▾
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
58 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
Cumbria CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 7Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,451 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,451 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Treecreeper · Blue Tit +32
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great TitParus major
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Roe Deer · Bat · Hedgehog · Brown Hare
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BatChiroptera
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Eristalis tenax · Eristalis pertinax · Helophilus pendulus · Eristalis intricaria · Marmalade Hoverfly +55
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Himalayan Balsam · Raspberry
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,451 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Treecreeper · Blue Tit +32
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great TitParus major
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Roe Deer · Bat · Hedgehog · Brown Hare
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BatChiroptera
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Eristalis tenax · Eristalis pertinax · Helophilus pendulus · Eristalis intricaria · Marmalade Hoverfly +55
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Himalayan Balsam · Raspberry
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
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