Getting here
55.19578, -2.35185
Best for
3 activitiesDog walks
Free78%Dogs allowed with public access
Family friendly
Free68%Urban park — family destination
Picnic day out
Free62%Urban park — open green space
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
1
1 named nearby
Named route
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Cycling
8
8 named nearby
Named route
Named routes and paths nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm) · Walking0
Reivers' Route · Cycling0
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland) · Cycling0
Route 686 · Cycling0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
About this urban park
Sidwood Picnic Place is a urban park.
Wildlife to spot
Photos
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
Facilities
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Picnic spot
2 · 83m away
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
💧SidwoodReservoir300 m→✦CampHistoric site3.8 km→✦Hill House bastle and associated enclosures, 850m NNW of Sidwood CottageHistoric site900 m→✦Bastle: Black MiddensHistoric site1 km→✦Two bastles, an 18th century farmhouse and associated enclosures at Black MiddingsHistoric site1 km→⛪St Aidan's ChurchReligious grounds1.7 km→