Dob Coppice

Peaceful walks can be found in plentiful supply around this neck of the woods. Local wildlife havens include Whitbarrow National Nature Reserve (10 minutes' drive) and Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve (10 minutes). The Fairy Steps (20 minutes) is just one of the beauty spots in the Arnside & Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (20 minutes) over the estuary too. If you like your walks historical, you might prefer to trace the wildlife walk around the National Trust’s Sizergh (15 minutes), a historical house and estate. To the north, the National Trust’s Hill Top (half an hour) contains hay meadows once wandered by Beatrix Potter herself, as well as her 17th-century farmhouse. There’s more than one way to make your way around Grizedale Forest (35 minutes). You might want to take to two wheels, a mountain bike, Segway, horseback or lift your feet off the ground on zipwires at Go Ape.