Barnard Castle Bridge
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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
54.54274, -1.92725
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Moments — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Moments — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: BARNARD CASTLE BRIDGE, OVER THE RIVER TEES; Historic site
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Feverfew, Opium Poppy +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Eupeodes latifasciatus, Scathophaga stercoraria +6 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route▾
UK long distance footpath from Dufton to Warrenby.
Named routeRegional walking route
Tees Railway PathWalking route9.7 km▾
Follows route of former Tees Valley Railway
Named routeLength 9.7 kmLocal walking route
Alternatives in Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Cycle Route 165Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 165National Cycle Network
Former NCN 70 around Barnard CastleCycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional cycle route
A66 Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef A66Regional cycle route
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Barnard Castle Bridge over the River Tees
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Wildlife to spot
19,423 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,423 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Wren +41
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwiftApus apus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common GullLarus canus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Eupeodes latifasciatus
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2025
Opium Poppy · Feverfew · Selfheal · Norway Maple · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +42
- Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
- FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- WoodruffGalium odoratum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,423 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Wren +41
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwiftApus apus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common GullLarus canus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Eupeodes latifasciatus
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2025
Opium Poppy · Feverfew · Selfheal · Norway Maple · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +42
- Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
- FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- WoodruffGalium odoratum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas