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Grizedale, Hawkshead, Cumbria, LA22 0QJ, Tel: 01229 860010, Email, www.visitlakelandforests.co.uk

Grizedale Forest is a haven for wildlife. It’s home to the only remaining indigenous woodland herd of red deer in England. as well as roe deer, buzzards, barn owls and red kites, from the Grizedale Red Kite reintroduction programme.

Whinlatter Pass, Braithwaite, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5TW, Tel: 017687 78469, Email, www.visitlakelandforests.co.uk

Dodd Wood offers attractive and varied waymarked trails from a central car park with picnic areas, the Old Sawmill tearoom and toilets. Dodd Wood is also the location for the open-air view point for the Bassenthwaite Ospreys

Whinlatter Pass, Braithwaite, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5TW, Tel: 017687 78469, Email, www.visitlakelandforests.co.uk

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. Use the network of walking trails to explore the forest

East Coniston, Coniston, Cumbria, LA21 8AQ, Tel: 015394 41456, Email

Situated on the eastern side of Coniston Water going south past Brantwood. There are small car parks along the road.

Barkbooth, Crosthwaite, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 8JE, Tel: 01539 816300, Email, www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk

The woodland is predominantly oak and birch with ash, rowan and sycamore over stunning carpets of bluebells with bracken and billberry.

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.

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'.

Brigsteer Road, Kendal, Cumbria

From the Brigsteer Road west of Kendal. Hire a bike or hike from Kendal - parking is limited.