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Barney Byre

📷 Ben Gamble · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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BirdsWildlifeHeritage
Public accessDogs welcome

Getting here

54.64712, -2.16950

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Great Tit
  • ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking· Free

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Chaffinch, Great Tit, Blue Tit +73 more · last seen 2026; Moorland — golden plover, curlew and short-eared owl

Free

Wildlife

Birds — Chaffinch, Great Tit, Blue Tit +73 more · last seen 2026; Grass moorland priority habitat

Free

Heritage

Historic site with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Peacock, Sericomyia silentis +82 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Devil's-bit Scabious, Common Twayblade, Melancholy Thistle +91 more · last seen 2025

Free

Hiking

Named hiking route nearby: Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm); Named hiking route nearby: Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
Teesdale Way (Dufton to Middleton in Teesdale)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Low Force GeotrailWalking route4 km
Named routeLength 4 kmLocal walking route
High Force GeotrailWalking route6.5 km
Named routeLength 6.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Pennine Way (Tan Hill to Middleton in Teesdale)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
Holwick Head Bridgepublic footpath · 30 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 30 mPath type: footway
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route

The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

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

Wildlife to spot

Photos

River Tees

📷 Ben Gamble · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

River Tees

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Burial cairns, burnt mound, Roman native settlement, medieval settlement with field system and iron industry remains, and five shielings on Holwick FellHistoric site800 m→✦Medieval iron industry and settlement and Bronze Age burial cairns extending from 260m north west of Eel Beck to 140m south east of Wash BeckHistoric site3 km→✦Roman period native settlements and field system, hut circle, bloomeries, lead smelting site and charcoal pits immediately south east of East Force GarthHistoric site1.4 km→✦Coldberry lead mine and associated hushesHistoric site4.4 km→✦Coldberry lead mineHistoric site4.9 km→✦Prehistoric settlements and cairnfield, medieval farmsteads, bloomeries and charcoal pits, 840m south of Cronkley on Bracken RiggHistoric site2.7 km→