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Penny Bank Wood - Woodland plantation

✦ Ancient woodland28 ha

📷 Tom Richardson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome28 ha

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

8 activities

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

13 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Cumbria WayWalking route118 km

Named routeLength 118 kmRegional walking route

Machell's Coppice TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Bogle Crag Trail (long)Walking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Millwood Trail (Long)Walking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Grizedale Tarn TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Lakes & Dales LoopCycling route

Named routeRef LDLRegional cycle route

Regional Route 37Cycling route

Named routeRef 37Regional cycle route

West Windermere Way (Cycle Route)Cycling route

Named routeLhn

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Mountain biking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

The North Face TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Grizedale Tarn TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Silurian WayMountain bike route

Named route

Moor Top TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Hawkshead Moor TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

4,284 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,284 records · National Biodiversity Network

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Pine Marten

Pine MartenMartes martes

🐝

Insects12 species

summer

2025

Sericomyia silentis · Pedicia rivosa · Black Darter · Common Water-Boatman · Common Pondskater +7

Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Pedicia rivosaPedicia rivosa
Black DarterSympetrum danae
Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca
Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris
Hesperocorixa sahlbergiHesperocorixa sahlbergi
Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Brown ChaferSerica brunnea
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus

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Plants141 species

summer

2025

Cock's-foot · False Oat-grass · Male-fern · Hazel · Sessile Oak +136

Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
HazelCorylus avellana
Sessile OakQuercus petraea
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
BetonyBetonica officinalis
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
RowanSorbus aucuparia
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
HollyIlex aquifolium
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
CleaversGalium aparine
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
BroomCytisus scoparius
TormentilPotentilla erecta
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Wild CherryPrunus avium
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
DandelionTaraxacum
White CloverTrifolium repens
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Intermediate Lady's-mantleAlchemilla xanthochlora
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Downy BirchBetula pubescens
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
Water-StarwortCallitriche
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Trailing St John's-wortHypericum humifusum
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans
Red CampionSilene dioica
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris
Red CurrantRibes rubrum
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
YewTaxus baccata
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
DaisyBellis perennis
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
Goat WillowSalix caprea
BeechFagus sylvatica
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Hieracium sect. SabaudaHieracium sect. Sabauda
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
Rosa caninaRosa canina
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Hybrid WoundwortStachys palustris x sylvatica = S. x ambigua
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens
Brown BentAgrostis vinealis
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
GorseUlex europaeus
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
NipplewortLapsana communis
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
AphanesAphanes
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
AshFraxinus excelsior
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
AlderAlnus glutinosa
English StonecropSedum anglicum
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
DewberryRubus caesius
OsierSalix viminalis
OrpineHylotelephium telephium
RamsonsAllium ursinum
IvyHedera helix
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Bush VetchVicia sepium
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia
Hairy Lady's-mantleAlchemilla filicaulis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,284 records · National Biodiversity Network

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Pine Marten

Pine MartenMartes martes

🐝

Insects12 species

summer

2025

Sericomyia silentis · Pedicia rivosa · Black Darter · Common Water-Boatman · Common Pondskater +7

Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Pedicia rivosaPedicia rivosa
Black DarterSympetrum danae
Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca
Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris
Hesperocorixa sahlbergiHesperocorixa sahlbergi
Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Brown ChaferSerica brunnea
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus

🌿

Plants141 species

summer

2025

Cock's-foot · False Oat-grass · Male-fern · Hazel · Sessile Oak +136

Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
HazelCorylus avellana
Sessile OakQuercus petraea
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
BetonyBetonica officinalis
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
RowanSorbus aucuparia
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
HollyIlex aquifolium
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
CleaversGalium aparine
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
BroomCytisus scoparius
TormentilPotentilla erecta
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Wild CherryPrunus avium
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
DandelionTaraxacum
White CloverTrifolium repens
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Intermediate Lady's-mantleAlchemilla xanthochlora
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Downy BirchBetula pubescens
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
Water-StarwortCallitriche
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Trailing St John's-wortHypericum humifusum
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans
Red CampionSilene dioica
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris
Red CurrantRibes rubrum
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
YewTaxus baccata
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
DaisyBellis perennis
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
Goat WillowSalix caprea
BeechFagus sylvatica
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Hieracium sect. SabaudaHieracium sect. Sabauda
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
Rosa caninaRosa canina
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Hybrid WoundwortStachys palustris x sylvatica = S. x ambigua
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens
Brown BentAgrostis vinealis
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
GorseUlex europaeus
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
NipplewortLapsana communis
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
AphanesAphanes
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
AshFraxinus excelsior
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
AlderAlnus glutinosa
English StonecropSedum anglicum
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
DewberryRubus caesius
OsierSalix viminalis
OrpineHylotelephium telephium
RamsonsAllium ursinum
IvyHedera helix
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Bush VetchVicia sepium
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia
Hairy Lady's-mantleAlchemilla filicaulis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Tom Richardson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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