Milkhope Plantation - Woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🌲Walks
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
55.07358, -1.68307
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycle Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
Nelson lineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Beacon lineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route143 m▾
Named routeRef 10Length 143 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route412 m▾
Named routeRef 10Length 412 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Reivers Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Waggonways Cycle Route A - Seaton BurnMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
3,748 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,748 records · National Biodiversity NetworkAmerican Wigeon · Coot · Gadwall · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck +42
- American WigeonMareca americana2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects36 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Pine Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · 2-spot Ladybird +31
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Germander Speedwell · Brown Sedge · Tall Fescue · Common Sorrel · Common Bent +1
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
- Brown SedgeCarex disticha
- Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,748 records · National Biodiversity NetworkAmerican Wigeon · Coot · Gadwall · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck +42
- American WigeonMareca americana2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects36 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Pine Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · 2-spot Ladybird +31
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Germander Speedwell · Brown Sedge · Tall Fescue · Common Sorrel · Common Bent +1
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
- Brown SedgeCarex disticha
- Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Adonis' Ladybird
Adonis' Ladybird
Hippodamia variegata
Hippodamia variegata
Scymnus nigrinusScymnus nigrinusScymnus nigrinusScymnus nigrinusScymnus suturalisScymnus suturalisScymnus suturalisScymnus suturalis10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterataLarch LadybirdAphidecta obliterataStriped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttataStriped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttataHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Black DarterSympetrum danae2025Black DarterSympetrum danae2025Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025Platycheirus granditarsusPlatycheirus granditarsus2025Platycheirus granditarsusPlatycheirus granditarsus2025Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Water LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctata2024Water LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctata2024Coccidula rufaCoccidula rufa2024Coccidula rufaCoccidula rufa2024Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2024Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2024Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Yellow-legged CenturionSargus flavipes2024Yellow-legged CenturionSargus flavipes2024Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2024Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Events & activities nearby
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