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Bastle at Grandy's Knowe

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📷 Iain Russell · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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55.00057, -2.34354

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦94+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Chaffinch
✦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

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦94+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Chaffinch
✦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

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mute Swan, Chaffinch, Jackdaw +91 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Mute Swan, Chaffinch, Jackdaw +91 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Orchid Beetle, Common Red Soldier Beetle +28 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Heather, Bog-cotton, Betony +53 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Historic gardens

Moderate match

Historic site

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Steel Rigg & Hadrians Wall WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Vindolanda & Hadrian's Wall TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Riever Trails: The Sill CircularWalking route

Named routeRound trip

Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km

Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pennine CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route224 m

Named routeRef 72Length 224 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route20 m

Named routeRef 72Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route7.8 km

Named routeRef 68Length 7.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.9 km

Named routeRef 72Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Riever Trails: The Sill CircularMountain bike route

Named routeRound trip

Wildlife to spot

5,496 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,496 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

spring

2026

Chaffinch · Jackdaw · Robin · Pied Wagtail · Rook +52

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Great TitParus major2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Mole

MoleTalpa europaea

🐝

Insects12 species

summer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Orchid Beetle · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Small Tortoiseshell · Meadow Brown +7

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Orchid BeetleDascillus cervinus2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2025
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2025
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta

🌿

Plants18 species

autumn

2025

Marsh Valerian · Betony · Heather · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Tamarisk Scalewort +13

Marsh ValerianValeriana dioica2024
BetonyBetonica officinalis
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci2024
GreasewortAneura pinguis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,496 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

spring

2026

Chaffinch · Jackdaw · Robin · Pied Wagtail · Rook +52

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Great TitParus major2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Mole

MoleTalpa europaea

🐝

Insects12 species

summer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Orchid Beetle · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Small Tortoiseshell · Meadow Brown +7

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Orchid BeetleDascillus cervinus2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2025
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2025
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta

🌿

Plants18 species

autumn

2025

Marsh Valerian · Betony · Heather · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Tamarisk Scalewort +13

Marsh ValerianValeriana dioica2024
BetonyBetonica officinalis
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci2024
GreasewortAneura pinguis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Iain Russell · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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✦Vindolanda FortHistoric site1.6 km→✦Housesteads fort, section of Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of milecastle 36 and the field boundary west of turret 37a in wall miles 36 and 37Historic site1.4 km→✦Vindolanda (Chesterholm) Roman forts, civil settlement and cemeteries, adjacent length of the Stanegate Roman road and two milestonesHistoric site1.7 km→✦The vallum and a British settlement between the field boundary west of turret 37a and the road to Steel Rigg car park, in wall miles 37, 38 and 39Historic site1.4 km→✦Hadrian's Wall and associated features between the field boundary west of turret 37a and the road to Steel Rigg car park in wall miles 37, 38 and 39Historic site1.8 km→🌱Redburn ParkUrban park2.9 km→