High Park Plantation - Woodland plantation
45 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🌲Walks🚵Mountain bikes
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome45 ha
Getting here
54.36784, -3.02810
Open directionsv
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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🚵Mountain biking
Good match
Named MTB route nearby: Goosey Foot Tarn Trail
Varies
Conifer plantation — limited but present wildlife
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km30 signed routes nearby · 14 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
Miles without Stiles: Wray Castle to LoanthwaiteWalking route▾
Named routeRef 47Point-to-pointLocal walking route
Watbarrow Wood Waymarked Walk, Wray CastleWalking route1.1 km▾
Rought and uneven path with some steep sections around Watbarrow Wood.
Named routeLength 1.1 kmDuration 00:30Round tripLocal walking route
32 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Route 637Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 637National Cycle Network
Regional Route 37Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 37Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route285 m▾
Named routeRef 637Length 285 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5 m▾
Named routeRef 637Length 5 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
Main RouteCycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 637Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The North Face TrailMountain bike route▾
Grizedale Tarn TrailMountain bike route▾
Silurian WayMountain bike route▾
Moor Top TrailMountain bike route▾
Hawkshead Moor TrailMountain bike route▾
Goosey Foot Tarn TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Trail through Hawkshead Hall Park
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Wildlife to spot
4,902 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,902 records · National Biodiversity Network🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Black Darter · Common Hawker · Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Southern Hawker +4
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
Devil's-bit Scabious · Beech Fern · Hard-fern · Grass-of-Parnassus · Marsh Willowherb +97
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- Beech FernPhegopteris connectilis
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustris
- Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,902 records · National Biodiversity Network🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Black Darter · Common Hawker · Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Southern Hawker +4
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
Devil's-bit Scabious · Beech Fern · Hard-fern · Grass-of-Parnassus · Marsh Willowherb +97
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- Beech FernPhegopteris connectilis
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustris
- Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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