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Hope Plantation - Woodland

✦ Ancient woodland21 ha

📷 Hugh Mortimer · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome21 ha

Getting here

54.47828, -1.92253

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
  • 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

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

Best for

7 activities

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

1 signed route 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
🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
A66 Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeRef A66Regional cycle route
🐴

Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths

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

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Ford : Woodclose Gill : Hope Plantation

📷 Hugh Mortimer · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Ford : Woodclose Gill : Hope Plantation

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Carved rocks, cairnfield and rubble banks on the terrace south of Scale Knoll Allotment, immediately east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham MoorHistoric site900 m→✦Prehistoric carved rocks and associated remains including cairns and a field system 800m south of Haythwaite, Barningham MoorHistoric site1.1 km→✦Prehistoric settlement and associated remains including carved rocks and a stone circle 400m north west of How Tallon Cairn, Barningham MoorHistoric site1.5 km→✦Cairnfield and associated remains, 250m south east of Bragg House, Barningham MoorHistoric site2.4 km→✦A cairn and a carved rock west of Cowclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 460m west of Haythwaite, Barningham MoorHistoric site200 m→✦A cairn, east of Scale Knoll Allotment, 260m south west of Haythwaite, Barningham MoorHistoric site700 m→

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