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Bow Lee Plantation

10 ha

📷 Karl and Ali · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsForaging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha

Getting here

54.65341, -2.14420

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking· FreePicnic spot

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit +66 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Plants — Meadowsweet, Raspberry, Barren Strawberry +20 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Picnic day out

picnic area, car park

Free

Insect spotting

Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Common Carder Bee, Broken-belted Bumblebee, Sericomyia silentis +96 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Devil's-bit Scabious, Meadowsweet, Wood Crane's-bill +160 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Devil's-bit Scabious, Meadowsweet, Wood Crane's-bill +160 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 29 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route

UK long distance footpath from Dufton to Warrenby.

Named routeRegional walking route
Teesdale Way (Dufton to Middleton in Teesdale)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Tees Railway PathWalking route9.7 km

Follows route of former Tees Valley Railway

Named routeLength 9.7 kmLocal walking route
Low Force GeotrailWalking route4 km
Named routeLength 4 kmLocal walking route
Wynch Bridgepublic footpath · 15 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 15 mSurface woodPath 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

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Mine level, Bow Lee Beck

📷 Karl and Ali · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Mine level, Bow Lee Beck

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Nearby places

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✦Burial cairns, burnt mound, Roman native settlement, medieval settlement with field system and iron industry remains, and five shielings on Holwick FellHistoric site2.5 km→✦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 site3.1 km→✦Coldberry lead mine and associated hushesHistoric site2.6 km→✦Roman period native settlements and field system, hut circle, bloomeries, lead smelting site and charcoal pits immediately south east of East Force GarthHistoric site3 km→✦Coldberry lead mineHistoric site3.1 km→✦old lead mine workings?Historic site1.1 km→

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