Amberley Playing Fields
16 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome16 ha
Getting here
55.04062, -1.55914
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Mute Swan
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🐾Hillheads Farm Shop on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Mute Swan
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🐾Hillheads Farm Shop on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🐄Farm visit
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Coot, Mute Swan, Jackdaw +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Coot, Mute Swan, Jackdaw +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Orange Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +26 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Winter-cress, Common Field-speedwell, Autumn Hawkbit +187 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Reivers' Route
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Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
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The Angel's WayWalking route▾
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41 signed routes nearby
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Cycle Route 3Cycling route▾
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Coast Road cyclewayCycling route▾
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Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
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Cycle Route 4Cycling route▾
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Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
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Coast Road cyclewayCycling route▾
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9 signed routes nearby
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Reivers Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Waggonways Cycle Route A - Seaton BurnMountain bike route▾
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Waggonways Cycle Route B - Burradon and KillingworthMountain bike route▾
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Waggonways Cycle Route LinkMountain bike route▾
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Waggonways Cycle Route C - BackworthMountain bike route▾
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Waggonways Cycle Route D - Rising SunMountain bike route▾
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18 public paths nearby
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
23,657 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,657 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCoot · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Canada Goose · Great Crested Grebe +25
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GadwallMareca strepera
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common GullLarus canus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Gadwall x MallardMareca strepera x Anas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Brown Rat
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Bronze Shieldbug +5
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Alder · Common Dog-violet
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,657 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCoot · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Canada Goose · Great Crested Grebe +25
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GadwallMareca strepera
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common GullLarus canus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Gadwall x MallardMareca strepera x Anas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Brown Rat
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Bronze Shieldbug +5
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Alder · Common Dog-violet
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red-legged Shieldbug
Red-legged Shieldbug
Pentatoma rufipes
Pentatoma rufipes
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025Events & activities nearby
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