Bastles at Chesterwood
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
54.98066, -2.26773
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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 Blue Tit 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
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit 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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Jackdaw +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Jackdaw +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Ringlet, Tree Bumblebee +45 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Nettle, Creeping Thistle, Creeping Buttercup +143 more · last seen 2022
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Vindolanda & Hadrian's Wall TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km▾
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
10 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 route20 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route265 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 265 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route511 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 511 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 72Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Pair of Bastles, Chesterwood
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Wildlife to spot
2,108 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,108 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Pied Flycatcher · Great Tit · Black-headed Gull · Swift +45
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Common GullLarus canus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2021
Hedgehog · Otter
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- OtterLutra lutra
🐝Insects12 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Striped Ladybird · Rhingia +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Striped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttata2024
- RhingiaRhingia
🌿Plants15 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Common Nettle · Creeping Thistle · Common Mouse-ear · Crosswort · Creeping Buttercup +10
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- CrosswortCruciata laevipes
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Dune HelleborineEpipactis dunensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,108 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Pied Flycatcher · Great Tit · Black-headed Gull · Swift +45
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Common GullLarus canus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2021
Hedgehog · Otter
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- OtterLutra lutra
🐝Insects12 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Striped Ladybird · Rhingia +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Striped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttata2024
- RhingiaRhingia
🌿Plants15 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Common Nettle · Creeping Thistle · Common Mouse-ear · Crosswort · Creeping Buttercup +10
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- CrosswortCruciata laevipes
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Dune HelleborineEpipactis dunensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Northern CockchaferMelolontha hippocastani2024Northern CockchaferMelolontha hippocastani2024Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2023Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2023Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2022Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum20222-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20222-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2022Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2021Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2021Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2021Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2021Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas2021Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas2021Curled DockRumex crispusCurled DockRumex crispusCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparinePignutConopodium majus2021PignutConopodium majus2021Common SorrelRumex acetosa2021Common SorrelRumex acetosa2021Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaCurled Dock / Broad-leaved DockRumex crispus/obtusifolius2021Curled Dock / Broad-leaved DockRumex crispus/obtusifolius2021Hard Rush / Soft Rush / Compact RushJuncus inflexus/effusus/conglomeratus2021Hard Rush / Soft Rush / Compact RushJuncus inflexus/effusus/conglomeratus2021White CloverTrifolium repens2021White CloverTrifolium repens2021