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Walk with the Woodland Folk

Go in search of Montague Mouse and his woodland friends during a woodland walk at Wigton just outside of Carlisle. [caption id="attachment_231" align="alignleft" width="203" caption="30 Woodland Folk live in these tree stump houses"][/caption] Montague Mouse and his friends, Sebastian Shrew, Maudie Mole and Willie Water Vole live, along with a host of other characters, amongst the trees and shrubs of High Hall Nurseryaround 12 miles south-west of Carlisle just off the A595. In the car park, a large noticeboard showed what you may expect to see and a map of the trail ahead. This walk is great for children young and old! Red squirrels can occasionally be seen scampering around and ...

Finglandrigg Wood Nature Reserve

Situated on the lower eastern region on the Solway Plain, about 15Km to the West of Carlisle. [caption id="attachment_206" align="alignleft" width="203" caption="Finglandrigg Wood information board"][/caption] The woodland habitat is managed by English Nature as a National Nature Reserve, primarily to provide a habitat for the indigenous Red Squirrel but many other species can be found here such as Linnet, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler. In the rushy areas, the high water tables are maintained for reed bunting, sedge warbler and grasshopper warbler. Intensive management of the ﬁelds encourages devil’s-bit scabious, the food plant of the Marsh Fritillary butterﬂy. Hebridean sheep along with Exmoor ponies and cattle, graze areas of rough grassland ...

Bitts Park Crocus Walk, Carlisle

This short walk will take about half an hour at a gentle pace and allow you to take in the wonderful crocuses planted along the central tree lined avenue. [caption id="attachment_185" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Information board at Bitts Park car park"] Crocuses at Bitts Park, Carlisle By car, you can park in the car park just between Carlisle Castle and Bitts Park. [/caption] Access by wheelchair or for those with children is easy along the wide tarmac paths which snake their way around the park. You can take a circular route around the park if you start with the tennis courts to your left. At ...

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Selborne Walk

This featured Selborne walk from Hampshire County Council, takes in the locally renowned hangers (steep sided wooded valleys), to fantastic secluded pubs, mile upon mile of footpath, bridleway and byway.