Getting here
54.58546, -2.14019
Best for
4 activitiesDog walks
Free72%Dogs allowed with public access
Wildlife
Free70%Reservoir — wildfowl and wading birds
Waterside walks
Varies68%Reservoir — waterside public access
Picnic day out
Free52%Reservoir — waterside day out
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
13
8 named nearby · 5 public paths
Named routePublic access
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Cycling
1
1 named nearby
Named route
Named routes and paths nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm) · Walking0
Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough) · Walking0
Teesdale Way (Dufton to Middleton in Teesdale) · Walking0
Tees Railway Path · Walking9.7 km
Kelton Lane · public footpath
Kelton Lane · public footpath
Kelton Lane · public footpath
About this reservoir
Selset Reservoir is a reservoir covering 253 hectares managed by Forestry England within their forest estate.
Wildlife to spot
Photos
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🐦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
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌳Large woodland — room to roam
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Nearby places
Useful places within 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 site4.5 km→💧Selset ReservoirReservoir0 m→💧Balderhead ReservoirReservoir2.9 km→💧Grassholme ReservoirReservoir3 km→💧Grassholme ReservoirReservoir3 km→💧Blackton ReservoirReservoir4.1 km→