Wallowbarrow Coppice
✦ Ancient woodland96 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome96 ha
Getting here
54.35934, -3.19656
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Pied Flycatcher, Chaffinch, Cuckoo +58 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Pied Flycatcher, Chaffinch, Cuckoo +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Red Bog-moss, Atlantic Pawwort, Tamarisk Scalewort +262 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates; Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Keeled Skimmer, Beautiful Demoiselle +30 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Two-horned Pincerwort, Wood-rust, Common Threadwort +4 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km35 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Lakes & Dales LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LDLRegional cycle route
15 public paths nearby
Public paths
Park Head Roadbridleway · 3.5 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 3.5 kmSurface rockPath type: bridleway
Photos
Low Crag above Wallowbarrow Farm
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Wildlife to spot
7,155 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,155 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTree Pipit · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Willow Warbler · House Martin +30
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- MagpiePica pica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Great TitParus major
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Adder · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Dark Regal-sawfly · Beautiful Demoiselle
- Dark Regal-sawflyNematus latipes
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Yorkshire-fog · Carnation Sedge · Wood Sage · Common Cow-wheat · Red Fescue +80
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
- Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
- Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
- HollyIlex aquifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,155 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTree Pipit · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Willow Warbler · House Martin +30
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- MagpiePica pica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Great TitParus major
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Adder · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Dark Regal-sawfly · Beautiful Demoiselle
- Dark Regal-sawflyNematus latipes
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Yorkshire-fog · Carnation Sedge · Wood Sage · Common Cow-wheat · Red Fescue +80
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
- Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
- Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
- HollyIlex aquifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas