Around the remains of old lead smelt mills, species rich grasslands contain a huge variety of different meadow flowers such as orchids, melancholy thistle and devil's-bit scabious.

Cold Springs Community Nature Reserve is a great place for the people of Penrith to enjoy being in and watching nature, and habitat restoration in action.

Named after a small tributary of the River Eden, Gosling Sike is an organic working farm and the site of Cumbria Wildlife Trust's northern office.

Enjoy visiting a wildlife garden…

A small undisturbed area of wet woodland and a haven for birds.

Park Wood Nature Reserve is a serene ash woodland that’s had continuous woodland cover for hundreds of years. Limestone pavement is a feature of the local area and at Park Wood trees struggle to…

These upland, mixed broadleaf woodlands are part of the Lake District's remaining fragments of temperate rainforest, rich in mosses, ferns and liverworts.

Bluebells and wild garlic…

Wonderfully diverse woodland reserve along the banks of the river Petteril. In spring, bluebells carpet the floor and dippers, grey wagtails, kingfishers and sometimes otters can be seen.