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✦ Historic site

Medieval farmstead and bloomery at Pasture Foot

✦ Ancient woodland

📷 Sandy Gerrard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

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Public accessDogs welcome

Getting here

54.64674, -2.20022

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4 activities

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site with public access

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Ancient woodland

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

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4 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route▾
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Teesdale Way (Dufton to Middleton in Teesdale)Walking route▾
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Low Force GeotrailWalking route4 km▾
Named routeLength 4 kmLocal walking route
High Force GeotrailWalking route6.5 km▾
Named routeLength 6.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
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Cycling

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1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route▾

The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland

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Horse riding

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1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

About this historic site

Medieval farmstead and bloomery at Pasture Foot is an ancient historic site. As an ancient woodland, it has been continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD — a rare and irreplaceable habitat rich in biodiversity and historical character.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

22 photos from nearby open sources

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River Tees and Quarry Buildings

📷 Sandy Gerrard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

River Tees and Quarry Buildings

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Visiting this spring

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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  • 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
  • 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
  • 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
✦ Ancient✓ Public access🐶 Dogs

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Burial cairns, burnt mound, Roman native settlement, medieval settlement with field system and iron industry remains, and five shielings on Holwick FellHistoric site1.5 km→✦Medieval iron industry and settlement and Bronze Age burial cairns extending from 260m north west of Eel Beck to 140m south east of Wash BeckHistoric site4.4 km→✦Roman period native settlements and field system, hut circle, bloomeries, lead smelting site and charcoal pits immediately south east of East Force GarthHistoric site800 m→✦Prehistoric settlements and cairnfield, medieval farmsteads, bloomeries and charcoal pits, 840m south of Cronkley on Bracken RiggHistoric site700 m→✦Barney ByreHistoric site2 km→✦old lead mine workings?Historic site4.8 km→