Kingmoor North Local Nature Reserve

About

Kingmoor North is a wildlife haven sandwiched between a growing industrial city. Assess by foot is gained from Kingstown Broadway, Bankend Road, A689 ,Chandler Way, Coopers Way various entrances from Kingmoor Park and also from Kingmoor South Nature Reserve.

Park Features

Cycleway runinng from the south to the north of the site.

Some surfaced paths, however some paths are unsurfaced and uneven.

Benches around site to sit back and listern to the bird song in the trees around.

Park history:

The site was designated as a nature reserve in 1913, making it the oldest in Cumbria. Cumberland Nature reserve association was established in 1914 when the Corporation of Carlisle handed over the historic common of Kingmoor to be used as a nature reserve

The 1st annual report of the association explained how a “watchers” fund was established to generate income to maintain the reserve. The report goes on to outline the activity in the reserve which included over 100 bird nests under observation, 15 species of butterfly, 122 species of moths,  257 species of beetles and 120 varieties of plants.

Once a continuous strip of woodland over 2km long, the central section of the reserve was felled in 1933 to build an airfield. The airfield later became the Kingstown Industrial Estate

Opening Times

Kingmoor North Nature Reserve is open all day, every day.