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Adam Hill

✦ Ancient woodland3 ha

📷 Trevor Littlewood · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

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Free entryDogs welcome3 ha

Getting here

54.48611, -1.86404

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Swift
  • 🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Horse riding

Best for

11 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Lapwing, Swift, Curlew +78 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Ancient woodland

Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600

Free

Wildlife

Birds — Lapwing, Swift, Curlew +78 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Physcia tenella, Illosporiopsis christiansenii, Common Orange Lichen +9 more · last seen 2014

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Bramble, Elder, Rubus dasyphyllus +226 more · last seen 2017; Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Bluebell walks

Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route

UK long distance footpath from Dufton to Warrenby.

Named routeRegional walking route
Alternatives in Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
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Cycling

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Cycle Route 165Cycling route
Named routeRef 165National Cycle Network
A66 Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeRef A66Regional cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 715Cycling route

Walney to Wear (via Bishop Auckland)

Named routeRef 715National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route225 m
Named routeRef 165Length 225 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route110 m
Named routeRef 165Length 110 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Lone tree, sheep beyond

📷 Trevor Littlewood · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Lone tree, sheep beyond

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