Crabby Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland4 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
54.53627, -1.66448
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️George Hotel & Roman Bridge Car Park 355m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️George Hotel & Roman Bridge Car Park 355m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 11 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
Way of Life - Gainford to EscombWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mowden Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef MowdenLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 165Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 165National Cycle Network
Darlington LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LoopLocal cycle route
Baydale Beck Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef BaydaleLocal cycle route
Hummersknott Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef HummersknottLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 715Cycling route▾
Walney to Wear (via Bishop Auckland)
Named routeRef 715National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
5,405 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,405 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Sand Martin +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Southern Hawker · 7-spot Ladybird · Mesembrina meridiana · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Cantharis cryptica +1
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Cantharis crypticaCantharis cryptica
- Small Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius roboretanus
🌿Plants26 species
springsummer
2026▾
Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem · Giant Hogweed · Coltsfoot · Clustered Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss +21
- Yellow Star-of-BethlehemGagea lutea
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,405 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Sand Martin +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Southern Hawker · 7-spot Ladybird · Mesembrina meridiana · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Cantharis cryptica +1
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Cantharis crypticaCantharis cryptica
- Small Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius roboretanus
🌿Plants26 species
springsummer
2026▾
Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem · Giant Hogweed · Coltsfoot · Clustered Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss +21
- Yellow Star-of-BethlehemGagea lutea
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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