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🧺 Picnic🛝 Family🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 406 ha
Getting here
55.31312, -1.87940
Open directionsv 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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🐕 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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for 8 activities 🧺 Picnic day out
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Free picnic area, car park; Country park — good for group day out
🛝 Family friendly
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Free playground, picnic area; Country park — designed for family visits
Dogs allowed — country park
Country park — managed habitat
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Nelly's Moss Lakes Walk, Cragside Estate Walking route 2.4 km ▾ Discover 2 of Cragside's historic lakes, originally engineered by Lord Armstrong as part of a pioneering Victorian hydro-electricity system, on this easy, level circular. Keep an eye out for frogs crossing the path & herons dipping their feet in the water
Named route Length 2.4 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Hillside East public footpath · 152 m ▾ Public path public footpath Length 152 m Path type: track
Show on map 7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Morpeth-Rothbury bridleway · 68 m ▾ Public path bridleway Length 68 m Surface compacted Path type: cycleway
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22 photos from nearby open sources
▾ Lakeside view on Cragside estate
‹ › Photos Lakeside view on Cragside estate
‹ › ✓ Public access Free entry 🐶 Dogs
Good to know £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌳 Large woodland — room to roam
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Wildlife to spot
18,385 records from NBN Atlas
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Wildlife to spot 18,385 records · NBN Atlas Robin · Nuthatch · Wren · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit
+40 more species Hide species list All 45 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Robin Erithacus rubecula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2026 Common Toad
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Black Darter · Violet Ground Beetle · Southern Hawker
+6 more species Hide species list All 11 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025 Black Darter Sympetrum danae2025 Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 18,385 records · NBN Atlas Robin · Nuthatch · Wren · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit
+40 more species Hide species list All 45 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Robin Erithacus rubecula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2026 Common Toad
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Black Darter · Violet Ground Beetle · Southern Hawker
+6 more species Hide species list All 11 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025 Black Darter Sympetrum danae2025 Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
7-spot Ladybird
7-spot Ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinella septempunctata
Carabus problematicus Carabus problematicus
Carabus problematicus Carabus problematicus
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025
Anabolia nervosa Anabolia nervosa2025
Anabolia nervosa Anabolia nervosa2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2025
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2025 