Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
54.69262, -1.84100
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Reptiles — Common Lizard · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Sessile Oak, Spear Thistle, Tormentil +119 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds; Birds — Woodcock, Moorhen · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Weardale WayWalking route124 km▾
Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route
Witon-le-Wear Circular Walk 2Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Witton-le-Wear Circular Walk 1Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Spurlswood WalkWalking route7.2 km▾
Named routeRef SpurlswoodLength 7.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Tree WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef TreeLocal walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route3.3 km▾
Named routeRef 70Length 3.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.9 km▾
Named routeRef 70Length 2.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route3.1 km▾
Named routeRef 70Length 3.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route60 m▾
Named routeRef 70Length 60 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Red route (difficult)Mountain bike route23.5 km▾
Named routeRef RedLength 23.5 kmRound trip
Black (Severe)Mountain bike route13 km▾
Named routeRef BlackLength 13 kmRound trip
The LoopMountain bike route▾
Blue route (moderate)Mountain bike route14.5 km▾
Named routeRef BlueLength 14.5 kmRound trip
Hamsterley Common CircuitMountain bike route38 km▾
Named routeRef CDW13Length 38 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,542 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,542 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Woodcock · Moorhen
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Harlequin Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Sessile Oak · Spear Thistle · Tormentil · Broad Buckler-fern · Wild Strawberry +117
- Sessile OakQuercus petraea
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
- Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
- Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,542 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Woodcock · Moorhen
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Harlequin Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Sessile Oak · Spear Thistle · Tormentil · Broad Buckler-fern · Wild Strawberry +117
- Sessile OakQuercus petraea
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
- Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
- Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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