natural environment of cockermouth...

Around Cockermouth, the rolling landscape is divided by hedgerows, and dotted with solitary farmhouses and pockets of attractive villages. 

Linskeldfield Tarn Nature Reserve, Isel

Six acres of peat and wetland that are home to a wide range of birds, animals, fish and amphibians. Birdwatching hide on edge of tarn. Accessible by wheelchair. Open all year round.

Dubbs Moss Nature Reserve

An area of woodland and wetland owned by Cumbria Wildlife Trust. The reserve can be approached from Moorland Close Farm to the south-east or from Wellington Farm, where it forms part of a nature trail from the ice-cream parlour

Further Afield

Whinlatter Forest

Whinlatter may not be a ‘natural' environment but its 51 km (32 miles) of forest roads and tracks provide great opportunities for walking, cycling, horseriding and orienteering. A Visitor Centre (with video link to the osprey nest at Bassenthwaite Lake) provides all the information you need about the forest park.