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Grizedale Forest & Visitor Centre
Grizedale, Hawkshead, Cumbria, LA22 0QJ
Tel: 01229 860373 
Grizedale Forest is a haven for woodland wildlife and is home to the last naturally afforested herd of Red Deer in England. These can be seen roaming across the forest especially around dawn and dusk.

Whinlatter Forest & Visitor Centre
Whinlatter Pass, Braithwaite, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5TW
Tel: 017687 78469 
Whinlatter is home to a wealth of wildlife that enjoy the shelter provided by its trees, the nearby waters of Bassenthwaite Lake and the open heathland habitats of the Lakeland Fells.

Barkbooth Lot Nature Reserve
Barkbooth, Crosthwaite, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 8JE
Tel: 01539 816300 
The woodland is predominantly oak and birch with ash, rowan and sycamore over stunning carpets of bluebells with bracken and billberry.

Dodd Wood
Bassenthwaite, Nr Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 4QE
Tel: 01768 778469 
Towering high above Bassenthwaite Lake, the Dodd provides unrivalled views from Derwent Water to the south and to the hills of Dumfries and Galloway.

Holme Wood
B5289, South of Cockermouth, Loweswater, Cumbria
Holme Wood, owned by the National Trust. The fells on the lake's southern shore are thickly wooded, the name itself derives from the Old Norse for 'leafy lake'.

Peel Wood
East Coniston, Coniston, Cumbria, LA21 8AQ
Tel: 015394 41456 
Situated on the eastern side of Coniston Water going south past Brantwood. There are small car parks along the road.

Warriner's Wood
Brigsteer Road, Kendal, Cumbria
From the Brigsteer Road west of Kendal. Hire a bike or hike from Kendal - parking is limited.